Viola (given name)
Viola is a female given name, a variant of the given name Violet.[1]
 Orsino and Viola in a scene from William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night by Frederick Richard Pickersgill. | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈvaɪələ/ VY-ə-lə, /ˈvaɪoʊlə/ VY-oh-lə |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Meaning | "violet" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Violet |
Academics
- Viola Birss, Canadian professor of chemistry
- Viola Garfield, American anthropologist
- Viola Shelly Shantz, American biologist and zoologist
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
- Viola, Duchess of Opole, 13th-century Bulgarian-Polish noble
- Viola Elisabeth of Cieszyn, Queen of Bohemia and Poland
- Viola Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster, widow of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster
Athletes
- Viola Bauer, German cross-country skier
- Viola Cheptoo Lagat (born 1989), Kenyan middle-distance runner
- Viola Goretzki, German rower
- Viola Grahl, German former field hockey player
- Violah Jepchumba (born 1990), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Viola Kibiwot, Kenyan distance runner
- Viola Myers, Canadian athlete
- Viola Odebrecht, German footballer
- Viola Poley, German rower
- Viola Thomas (born 1939), Canadian barrel rolling champion
- Viola Thompson, American professional baseball player
- Viola Valli, Italian long distance swimmer
- Viola Yanik, Canadian wrestler
Performers
- Viola Allen, American stage actress
- Viola Bailey, Latvian actress
- Viola Barry, American silent film actress
- Viola Compton, British film actress
- Viola Dana, American silent film actress
- Viola Davis, American actress
- Viola Farber, American choreographer and dancer
- Viola Gillette, American contralto
- Viola Harris, American actress
- Viola Keats, British film and television actress
- Viola Lyel, British film and television actress
- Viola Léger, (1930–2023), Acadian-Canadian actress and former Canadian Senator
- Viola McCoy, African-American blues singer
- Viola Richard, American silent film actress
- Viola Smith (1912-2020), American drummer
- Viola Valentino, Italian singer
- Viola Wills, American pop singer
Politicians and administrators
- Viola Baskerville, Secretary of Administration in the Cabinet of Virginia Governor Tim Kaine
- Viola Jimulla, Chief of the Prescott Yavapai tribe
- Viola B. Sanders, director of Women in the Navy
Writers
- Viola Bayley, British children's writer
- Viola Canales, American writer
- Viola Fischerová, Czech poet and translator
- Viola Florence Barnes, American historian and author
- Viola Garvin, English poet and editor
- Viola Meynell, English writer, novelist and poet
- Viola Roseboro', American editor and novelist
- Viola S. Wendt, American poet and educator
Others
- Viola June Cobb, American informant for the CIA
- Viola Frey, American ceramics artist
- Viola Gentry, American aviator
- Viola Haqi, Dutch fashion model
- Viola Klaiss, American organist
- Viola R. MacMillan, Canadian authority on mining
- Viola Pettus, American nurse
- Viola Slaughter, Arizona rancher and the wife of sheriff John Slaughter
- Viola Spolin, American director and teacher
Fictional characters
- Viola, a character from Eternal Sonata
- Viola (Kiddy Grade), in the Japanese anime television series Kiddy Grade
- Viola (She's the Man), a character in the American film She's the Man
- Viola (TimeSplitters), a character in the English video game series TimeSplitters
- Viola (Twelfth Night), character in William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night
- Viola (Zone of the Enders), a character in the Japanese video game series Zone of the Enders
- Viola, a character in the Soul series of fighting games
- Viola, a character from Bayonetta 3
- Viola, a character from Valkyrie Drive- Bhikkhuni
- Viola de Lesseps, heroine of the film Shakespeare in Love
- Viola, a Gym Leader in Pokémon series
- Viola, one of Jake's five children from Adventure Time
- Viola, a character from the anime and manga series, One Piece
- Viola, a character from the RPG horror game The Witch's House
- Viola, a character from the series "The Knife of Never Letting Go"
- Viola, a character from the movie "Chaos Walking"
See also
- Viola (surname)
- Violette (given name), a female given name
- Violetta (given name), a female given name
- Violeta (given name), a female given name
- Violet (given name), a female given name
- Viorica, a female given name
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