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Help[Opinions] Re: Violet
in reply to a message by Martha
You're only about 20 years (!!) late to the Violet party, right? I remember seeing it in Series of Unfortunate Events, and then The Incredibles, and thinking -- awno, a name I like is going to be a baby name soon. And sure enough Bennifer used it in 2005, which pretty much took it off my shortlist for my daughter. But I'm glad to see it get more popular anyway.
I don't think it is too Hollywood. If there had been a 40's star named it, it would be, but no. If I had the idea to like it, and so did these authors, it's just in the Zeitgeist. I think it goes along with names like Iris, Hazel, and Ruby - old-fashioned nature names, kinda Edwardian.
I think it's sort of classic and timeless, in an important way. I mean, it exists in other languages. Check it out:
CALFURAY f Native American, Mapuche
IANTHE f Greek Mythology
IBOLYA f Hungarian
IOLANTHE f Various
IOLE f Greek Mythology
IONE f Greek Mythology, English
LJUBICA f Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene
SIGAL f Hebrew
SIGALIT f Hebrew
VIOLA f English, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Czech
VIOLET f English
VIOREL m Romanian
YOLANDA f Spanish, English
I think it's a very unique vibe - a weak/delicate flower on a creeping plant, but with a lot of dark vibrance and psychological weight from the color association. And the smell of violets is like a secret. And it slightly recalls the sound of "violent," even. It's like a hidden-power name, a covertly sexy name. It's floral but without being flowery, it's more herby.
I went to look up the symbolism of violets and found this - it's very interesting and fits with my impression of the name Violet:
https://comenius-legends.blogspot.com/2010/07/legend-of-violet.html
- mirfak
I don't think it is too Hollywood. If there had been a 40's star named it, it would be, but no. If I had the idea to like it, and so did these authors, it's just in the Zeitgeist. I think it goes along with names like Iris, Hazel, and Ruby - old-fashioned nature names, kinda Edwardian.
I think it's sort of classic and timeless, in an important way. I mean, it exists in other languages. Check it out:
CALFURAY f Native American, Mapuche
IANTHE f Greek Mythology
IBOLYA f Hungarian
IOLANTHE f Various
IOLE f Greek Mythology
IONE f Greek Mythology, English
LJUBICA f Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene
SIGAL f Hebrew
SIGALIT f Hebrew
VIOLA f English, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Czech
VIOLET f English
VIOREL m Romanian
YOLANDA f Spanish, English
I think it's a very unique vibe - a weak/delicate flower on a creeping plant, but with a lot of dark vibrance and psychological weight from the color association. And the smell of violets is like a secret. And it slightly recalls the sound of "violent," even. It's like a hidden-power name, a covertly sexy name. It's floral but without being flowery, it's more herby.
I went to look up the symbolism of violets and found this - it's very interesting and fits with my impression of the name Violet:
https://comenius-legends.blogspot.com/2010/07/legend-of-violet.html
- mirfak
This message was edited 5/15/2018, 10:21 AM
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