Viola
Orsino and Viola in a scene from William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night by Frederick Richard Pickersgill.
Pronunciation/ˈvələ/ VY-ə-lə,
/ˈvlə/ VY-oh-lə
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameLatin
Meaning"violet"
Other names
Related namesViolet

Viola is a female given name, a variant of the given name Violet.[1]

List of people

Academics

Activists

  • Viola Desmond, (1914–1965), African-Nova Scotian civil rights figure
  • Viola Hashe (1926–1977), South African anti-apartheid activist
  • Viola Hill (1892-?), American suffragist and music director
  • Viola Liuzzo, Unitarian Universalist civil rights activist
  • Viola Pitts, Fort Worth community activist

Aristocrats

Athletes

Performers

Politicians and administrators

Writers

Others

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. Viola, Nameberry.com
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