Brad and I were surprised that we agreed so quickly on a name. We decided the day we found out GIRL! I had a list of names I liked...a very long list that I have compiled over the last few years. (Because that's what girls do!) Brad looked it over and rated them. He listed "Violet" as his #1 choice. We decided to give it a month or so to make sure that would be her name - didn't want to rush such an important decision...Well, we didn't make it a day before referring to our baby as Violet at every moment. She had a name! No other name could top it! (I need to note though that the other names that topped the list were Cora, Elliot and Daphne) I've always loved my middle name and Brad liked it too. So, she would be Violet Paige Hill.
Quick Internet Searches On The Name Violet:
"Violets are small plants, whose flowers are usually violet or purple in color."
"There are several fictional characters named Violet: in the comic 'Peanuts', Violet Beauregarde is a chewing-gum addict golden ticket winner in Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', Violet Baudelaire is one of the three siblings in Lemony Snicket's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' and Violet is the eldest daughter of Mr. Incredible with the gift of invisibility in the Disney film 'The Incredibles'."
"From the Old French violette, a diminutive form of viole, which is derived from the Latin viola (a violet). The name has been in use since the Middle Ages but did not become common until the middle of the 19th century when the use of flower names came into vogue."
"Nicknames for Violet:
Letty, Lettie, Letta, Vi, V, Vie, Violetta, Viva, Vivi (vee-vee), Viola, Vio-Latte, Ultra-Violet"
"Violet has a variety of meanings: Love; Modesty; Virtue; Affection; Faithfulness ("I'll always be true") and a Good Luck symbol for women. Violets can be either violet or white. The violet is February's birth flower."
"Violet is a spectral color, near indigo in the rainbow. Though based on experience in the early 2000's, people respond as though they are reminded of a flower."
"The purple violet is the sorority flower of Alpha Delta Pi, Sigma Kappa, and Sigma Sigma Sigma. Zeta Tau Alpha's flower is the white violet."
"The color violet was named after the flower - first being recorded as a color name in English in 1370. The color violet has many symbolic meanings, such as: in Chinese painting, violet represents the harmony of the Universe because it is a combination of red (yang) and blue (yin); in Western churches violet is the liturgical color for both Advent and lent."
"Violet was one of the earliest flower names to be used as a first name. Violette occurred as a personal name in the south of France in the Middle Ages. By the 16th century it was fairly common in Scotland, through French influence, and continued to be used there. In England Violet was used as early as 1700, becoming well established in the 19th century. By the 1830s Violet was in general use in both the U.S. and Britain. Violet was a top 100 name in the US from 1901-1926 and fashionable in Britain during the same time period."
"The early run of the name was probably begun by Lord Lytton's highly successful novel "The Sea Captain" (1839) in which Violet is the heroine."
"Famous real-life people named Violet:
Lady Violet Bonham-Carter (1887-1969), British politician
Violet Hunt, English writer and literary salon hostess
Violet McNaughton (1879-1968), Canadian journalist
Violet Needham (1876-1967), English writer
Violet Jacob (1863-1946), Scottish poet
Violet Oakley (1874-1961), American artist
Violet Balestreri Archer (1913-2000), Canadian composer
Violet Jessop, ocean liner stewardess who survived the sinkings of the ''Titanic'' and the ''Britannic''
Violet Hilton (1908-1969), English conjoined twin and vaudeville performer
Violet Maye Grohl, daughter of Foo Fighters frontman/ former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl
Violet Anne Affleck, daughter of actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner"
"Violet in song, story & screen:
Violet Hill is the name of a Coldplay song
Violet Parr, daughter of Robert and Helen Parr (alias Mr Incredible and Elastigirl), one of the central characters in "The Incredibles" (animated feature film).
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham, character on TV series "Downton Abbey"
Dr. Violet Turner, character on the TV show "Private Practice"
Violet Baudelaire, main character in Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" series.
Violet Beauregard, gum-chewing character in Roald Dahl's novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and both movies the book inspired.
Violet Alden was one of the "Boxcar Children" in the series written by American author Gertrude Chandler Warner.
Violet Bick, saucy small-town girl in "Its A Wonderful Life".
Violet Gray, character in Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" cartoons
Violet Elizabeth Bott, a lisping spoiled child from the English "Just William" stories, most famous for her refrain,"I'll thcream and thcream 'till I'm thick — I can, you know"
A college fraternity, SAE, has a "Violet" song.
Violet Sanford, protagonist in the film "Coyote Ugly" played by Piper Perabo.
Violet Devereaux was the old woman in the 2005 film "Skeleton Key"
Violet Harmon in "American Horror Story"
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