indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage French, French (Quebec), French (Acadian)
Other Forms FormsLeviolet
Meaning & History
A secondary surname, associated with some forty family names in Canada and also used independently since 1698, a nickname from the flower violette ‘violet’, with the definite article la. In feudal France it was a name given to soldiers and domestic servants.