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Viola (given name)

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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 feminine given name derived from the Latin viola, given in reference to the flowering plant species. The name is in common use in Italy. It is best known in the Anglosphere as a character in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.[1]

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 271. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.