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Viola (female)

Variants:Ibolya (F) Ivola (F)
Diminutive(s):Vi (F) Violette (F)
Derivative(s):Violet (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG

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Notes:

Italian, also English, Hungarian [see also Ibolya and Ivola] and Scandinavian, from the Latin name for the violet flower.
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