Viorel is a Romanian male given name, derived from viorea (meaning the sweet violet flower).
Its female forms are Violeta and Viorica.
Notable people with the name
- Viorel P. Barbu (born 1941), Romanian mathematician
- Viorel Cataramă (born 1955), Romanian businessman and politician
- Viorel Cosma (1923 – 2017), Romanian musician and musicologist
- Viorel Gherciu (born 1969), Moldovan politician
- Viorel Hrebenciuc (born 1953), Romanian politician and statistician
- Viorel Ion, Romanian footballer
- Viorel Tilea, Romanian diplomat
External links
- (in English) BehindTheName.com: Entry for Viorel