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What does the name Velvet mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Velvet

User Submitted Origins

English
91%
French
9%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. According to a user from California, U.S., the name Velvet means "Soft woven tufted fabric".
  2. A user from Alabama, U.S. says the name Velvet means "Soft".
  3. A submission from South Carolina, U.S. says the name Velvet means "Fabric".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Vel"vet
Senses
  1. A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back, or with other soft fibers such as nylon, acetate, or rayon.
  2. The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.
  3. Something likened to velvet{1} in being soft or luxurious; as, a lawn of velvet .

Etymology: OE. velouette veluet velwet; cf. OF. velluau, LL. velluetum vellutum, It. velluto, Sp. velludo; all fr. (assumed) LL. villutus shaggy, fr L. villus shaggy hair; akin to vellus a fleece, and E. wool. See Wool, and cf. Villous

adjective Vel"vet
Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
verb Vel"vet
To pain velvet.
verb Vel"vet
To make like, or cover with, velvet.
Other Dictionary Sources
  1. A silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
  2. Resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface
    Synonyms: velvety
  3. Smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
    Synonyms: velvet-textured and velvety
Wiktionary

From Middle English velvet, velwet, veluet, from Old Occitan veluet, from Late Latin villutittus, diminutive of villūtus, from Latin villus (“shaggy hair, tuft of hair”). Cognate with French velours.

  1. A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
  2. Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
  3. (rare) A female chinchilla; a sow.
  4. (slang) The drug dextromethorphan.
  5. (slang) Money acquired by gambling.

velvet was also found in the following language(s): Middle English

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Notable Persons Named Velvet

Notable Persons Named Velvet

Velvet Sky

Velvet was born on June 2nd, 1981 in New Britain, Connecticut. Velvet is also known as Szantyr, Jamie; Madison, and Talia; Miss Talia; Talia Doll; Talia.

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Velvet McIntyre

Velvet McIntyre is a wrestler. Velvet was born on November 24th, 1962.

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Velvet

Velvet is a pop music and dance music singing. Her ongoing career started in 2005. Velvet was given the name Jenny Marielle Pettersson on November 5th, 1975. Velvet is also known as Velvet and Velvet (stage name).

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Velvet D'Amour

Velvet was born in 1967 in Rochester, New York.

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Velvet Brown

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Velvet

Notable Persons With the Last Name Velvet

Velvet

Velvet is a pop music and dance music singing. Her ongoing career started in 2005. Velvet was given the name Jenny Marielle Pettersson on November 5th, 1975. Velvet is also known as Velvet and Velvet (stage name).

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Jimmy Velvet

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Redd Velvet

Redd Velvet is a blues and soul music musician. She was most active from 1988 to present. Redd was born on December 29th, 1968 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Redd is also known as The Blues Angel.

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Electro Velvet

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Fun Facts about the name Velvet

  • How Popular is the name Velvet? Velvet is the 5,348th most popular name of all time.
  • How many people with the first name Velvet have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,026 babies born with the first name Velvet in the United States. That's more than enough people named Velvet to occupy the territory of Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 3,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Velvet? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1920 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
  • When was Velvet first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Velvet is Sunday, November 25th, 1883.
  • What year had the most people named Velvet born? The highest recorded use of the first name Velvet was in 1961 with a total of 332 babies.
  • Random Velvet Factoid: According to the 1961 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Velvet is not a popular baby girl's name in Indiana. Imagine that, only 12 babies in Indiana have the same name in 1961.
  • Weird things about the name Velvet: The name spelled backwards is Tevlev. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Vvlete. How do you pronounce that?
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