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Valeria
Say it: vah-LEH-ryah
Meaning
From the Roman family name Valerius, from valere 'to be strong'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in Mexico and Peru from the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 70,738 babies given this name since 1881
- At its height in 2009, about 1 in 449 girls
- 1,803 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
LatinItalianSpanishFrenchRussianMexicanArgentineCentral AmericanAndeanCaribbeanBrazilian
The family of the name
| Italian | Valeria |
|---|---|
| French | Valérie |
| Spanish | Valeria |
| Russian | Valeriya |
| Polish | Waleria |
| Portuguese | Valéria |
Famous bearers
- Valeria Messalina, wife of Emperor Claudius
- Galeria Valeria, Roman empress
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.