Boy · Latin
Valentin
Say it: vah-lahn-TAN
Meaning
From Latin Valentinus, from valens 'strong, healthy'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in France from the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 9,978 babies given this name since 1912
- At its height in 2007, about 1 in 5,100 boys
- 308 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Valentine |
|---|---|
| Italian | Valentino |
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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