When Vila Lavulo was born in 1914, in Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga, her father, Taniela Mahanga Lavulo, was 28 and her mother, 'Ofa Siulangapo, was 24. She died in 1982, in Suva, Central, Fiji, at the age of 68.
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1914–1982 Female
1940–2010 Female
1886–1970 Male
1890–1982 Female
1909–1943 Female
1914–1982 Female
From Latin viola ‘violet’. The name is relatively common in Italy and was used by Shakespeare in Twelfth Night, where most of the characters have Italianate names. Its modern use in English has been influenced by the vocabulary word denoting the flower.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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