Violette is a female given name and a surname which may refer to:

Given name

  • Violette Neatley Anderson (1882–1937), American lawyer
  • Violette Cordery (1900–1983), British racing driver
  • Violette Cornelius (1918–1998), 20th century Dutch photographer
  • Violette Dorange (born 2001), French offshore sailor
  • Violette Huck (born 1988), French tennis player
  • Violette Impellizzeri (born 1977), Italian astronomer and astrophysicist
  • Violette Lafleur, Canadian conservator and curator
  • Violette Lecoq (1912–2003), French nurse, illustrator and resistance member during World War II
  • Violette Leduc (1907–1972), French author
  • Violette Malan (born 1956), Canadian editor and fantasy writer
  • Violette Mbenza, DR Congolese footballer
  • Violette Mège (1889–1968), Algerian artist
  • Violette Morris (1893–1944), French multi-sport athlete, and spy and collaborator for the Germans during World War II
  • Violetta Napierska (1890–1968), sometimes spelled Violette, actress in German silent films
  • Violette Nozière (murderer) (1915–1966), French convicted murderer
  • Violette Rigollet (1930–1991), Swiss tennis player
  • Violette Khairallah Safadi (born 1981), Lebanese television anchor
  • Violette Spillebout (born 1972), French politician
  • Violette Szabo (1921–1945), British Second World War agent in German-occupied France
  • Violette Trépanier (born 1945), Canadian politician
  • Violette Verdy (1933–2016), French ballerina and director of dance companies
  • Violette Wautier (born 1993), Thai singer-songwriter and actress

Surname

  • Banks Violette (born 1973), American artist
  • Cyndy Violette (born 1959), American poker player
  • Dave Violette (born 1963), American curler
  • Lorne J. Violette (1884–?), Canadian politician
  • Tom Violette (born 1960), American curler

Nickname

  • Eva Marie Veigel (1724–1822), dancer and the wife of actor David Garrick

Fictional characters

  • Violette Honfleur, in the 1980 Peanuts film Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)
  • Violette Leduc, protagonist of the 2013 biographical drama film Violette
  • Title character of Violette Nozière, a 1978 French crime film

See also

  • Violetta (given name)
  • Violeta (given name)
  • Violet (given name)
  • Viola (given name)
  • Viorica, a female given name
  • Le roman de la violette ("The Romance of the Violet"), a medieval poem by Gerbert de Montreuil
  • La Violette, comic opera by Michele Carafa, 1828