Viola
VEE-oh-lah
A graceful flower name meaning “violet.”
Meaning
Viola comes from Latin viola, meaning “violet,” the purple flower. In the naming books cited here, it is treated as a female name derived from the Latin word for the flower, with later Italian use reflected in the form Viola.
Origin
LatinItalianfeminine
Fun fact
19th-century writers even debated whether Viola was truly an Italian given name or mostly a Shakespearean stage name.
Confidence: sourced. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.