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This is so pretty, I don't mind how it sounds similar to violent, however I understand why someone else would.
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Violant or Violante of Aragon, also known as Yolanda of Aragon (1236 – 1301), was Queen consort of Castile and León from 1252 to 1284 as the wife of King Alfonso X of Castile.
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Violante Ferroni was a baroque painter from Florence, Italy. Born in 1720, she was a very successful woman for her time, creating two large commissions for the San Giovanni di Dio Hospital in Florence.
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Violante Camporesi (or Camporese; 1785 – 1839) was an Italian soprano.
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Violante Doria (fl. Mid-1500s), also known as Yolande or Yolante, was an Italian soprano from Genoa. She was considered to be one of “the most successful musicians in France during the reigns of the last Valois kings.”.
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Also used in Spanish, although it's rare.
There are 134 bearers of this name in Spain. It first arose around 1930 and was most popular in the 1950s (source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística).
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There are 134 bearers of this name in Spain. It first arose around 1930 and was most popular in the 1950s (source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística).
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Violante Atabalipa Ximenes de Bivar e Vellasco (December 1, 1817 – May 25, 1875) was a Brazilian feminist, writer and newspaper owner. Vellasco was a member of the Imperial Council in Brazil and the founder and director of the Brazilian Dramatic Conservatory in Rio de Janeiro.
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Violante Beatrice Siries (1709–1783) was an Italian painter. Siries was talented in several genres, but established herself as a famous portraitist. She succeeded in gaining the patronage of the Medici family and their financial partners the Gondi family in Florence after the death of Giovanna Fratellini (1731) and traveled to Rome and Vienna to execute commissions.
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Violante do Céu or do Ceo (or in Spanish Violante del Cielo) was a celebrated female poet from the Iberian peninsula. While the year of her birth is under much debate, Violante do Céu ("of Heaven" in Portuguese), was born in Lisbon, Portugal on May 30, 1601 or 1607 to Manoel da Sylveira Montesino(s) and Helena da França de Ávila (Machado 775).
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Violante Visconti (1354 – November 1386) was the second of three children of Galeazzo II Visconti, Lord of Milan and Pavia, and Bianca of Savoy. Her father gave to her the provinces of Alba, Mondovì, Kenites, Cherasco, and Demonte as an inheritance.
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Looks like the word violent.
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Why in the ratings there are so much hate on this pretty Italian name?
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Wow - what an amazing name!
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Also an archaic Corsican name: https://cronicadiacorsica.pagesperso-orange.fr/Repertoire/RepertoireR.html (compare Violante della Rocca)
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Many Italian people may recognize Violante as a co-protagonist in Italo Calvino's famous novel "Il Barone Rampante" ("The Baron in the Trees").
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The Italian pronunciation of Violante is "vee-oh-LAN-tay", or "vyo-LAN-tay". [noted -ed]
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This name is also used in Italy, Portugal, and Spain.
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The entry for Yolanda says that Violante it is a form of it rather than the other way around; shouldn't the entries be restructured accordingly?
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Violante is a beloved ruler in Cornelia Funke's "Inkheart" trilogy.
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Violante Placido (1976-) is an Italian actress and singer.
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Violante (1233-1264) was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich II and his last wife Bianca Lancia.
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Violante (1673-1731) was the youngest daughter of Ferdinand Maria, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Enrichetta of Savoy.
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Violante is an Italian name (though it has been listed as Late Roman, which works, as well, I suppose). A variant of the name Iolanda, which is thought to be formed from crossing the French, Franco-Provencial, Yolant or Yolans, meaning "Color Of Violet," with the Italian Viola.
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Reminds me too much of the word "violent" for me to ever use it.
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This name is used in Portuguese (pronounced [vyoo-LANT]), Spanish ([bee-oh-LAN-teh]), and Italian.
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Comments are left by users of this website. They are not checked for accuracy.
Through the latest two decades Violante has become more and more popular: in 2000 were born only 2 Violante and since then the name has increased.