Velvet - Meaning of Velvet

What does Velvet mean?

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Velvet

[ 2 syll. vel-vet, ve-lv-et ] The baby girl name Velvet is pronounced as VEHLVAHT †. Velvet's origin, as well as its use, is in the English language. The meaning of the name is soft fabric.

Velouette, Velva (English), Velveta, Velvete, Velvett, Velvetta, Velvette, Velvina, Velvit, and Velvyt are variant transcriptions of Velvet.

Vella (familiar form in English) and Vel (contraction in ) are other variants of Velvet.

See also the related categories, soft (poor), english, and fabric.

Velvet is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1961, 0.016% of baby girls were given the name Velvet. It was #542 in rank then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is now of sporadic use. Out of all girl names in its family, Velvet was nonetheless the most popular in 2018.

A baby name that sounds like Velvet is the name Velvete.

† Pronunciation for Velvet: V as in "vow (V.AW)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"