Violeta (given name)

Violeta

Pronunciation	Greek: [vjoˈleta] Romanian: [vi.oˈleta] Spanish: [bjoˈleta]
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, Lithuanian, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, Portuguese
Origin
Meaning	"violet"

Violeta (Cyrillic: Виолета, romanized: Violeta, Greek: Βιολέτα, romanized: Violéta) is a female given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Violeta Andrei (born 1941), Romanian actress
• Violeta Ayala (born 1978), Bolivian film director, producer and writer
• Violeta Chamorro (born 1929), Nicaraguan political leader, former president and publisher
• Violeta Dinescu (born 1953), Romanian composer, pianist and professor
• Violeta Isfel (born Ana Fanni Portolatin, 1985), Mexican actress and singer
• Violeta G. Ivanova, Bulgarian astronomer
• Sati (Lithuanian singer) (Violeta Jurkonienė) (born 1976), Lithuanian singer
• Violeta Laužonytė (born 1955), Lithuanian textile artist
• Violeta Luna (born 1943), Ecuadorian poet, novelist, essayist, professor and literary critic
• Violeta Manushi (1926–2007), Albanian actress
• Violeta Maslarova (1925–2006), Bulgarian artist
• Violeta Menjívar (born 1952), Salvadoran politician
• Viki Miljković (Violeta "Viki" Miljković) (born 1974), Serbian singer
• Violeta Ninova, Bulgarian rower
• Violeta Parra (1917–1967), Chilean composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist
• Violeta Retamoza (born 1983), Mexican professional golfer
• Violeta Slović, Serbian football defender
• Violeta Strămăturaru (born 1988), Romanian luger
• Violeta Szekely (born 1965), Romanian former middle distance runner
• Violeta Tarasovienė (born 1974), Lithuanian singer and show host
• Violeta Tsvetkova (born 1955), Bulgarian middle distance runner
• Violeta Urmana (born Violeta Urmanavičiūtė), Lithuanian operatic soprano
• Violeta Zúñiga (1933–2019), Chilean human rights activist

See also

• Violetta (given name), a female given name
• Violette (given name), a female given name
• Violet (given name), a female given name
• Viola (given name), a female given name
• Viorica, a female given name
• Eta (given name), a female given name