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Names That Mean Purple or Violet

Names that mean purple or violet or lilac or lavender are lovely representations of those rich, lush colors. Violet itself is the most popular of the girl names that mean purple. Along with Violet, names meaning purple in the US Top 1000 include Indigo and Iris. Unique names meaning purple include Lilac, Lavender, and Ione. If you're a purple person, here are all the names meaning violet or purple on our website.

Indigo

Meaning: Indian dye

Origin:Greek
410
Lavender

Meaning: purple flower

Origin:English
207
Ianthe

Meaning: purple flower

Origin:Greek
461
Ione

Meaning: violet flower

Origin:Greek
235
Lilac

Meaning: bluish or lilac

Origin:English, from Persian
411
Iolanthe

Meaning: violet flower

Origin:Greek
848
Viola

Meaning: violet

Origin:Latin
340
Hayden

Meaning: fire

Origin:English
158
Amethyst The meaning of Amethyst is 'a precious purpl...
Origin:Gem and Color name
544
Aster

Meaning: star

Origin:English; Amharic
625
Plum Plum is the English name. It is said that th...
Origin:Fruit name
1913
Hyacinth

Meaning: blue larkspur; precious stone

Origin:Flower name, from Greek
843
Hadley

Meaning: heather field

Origin:English
417
Origin:Plant and color name
2728
Giacinta

Meaning: hyacinth

Origin:Italian, from Greek
2786
Heather Named after the plant Heather, which are a v...
Origin:English botanical name
524
Jacinta

Meaning: hyacinth

Origin:Spanish for Greek flower name
1506
Sumire

Meaning: violet flower

Origin:Japanese
4219
Violetta

Meaning: purple

Origin:Italian
916
Orchid

Meaning: orchid flower

Origin:From Greek
1420