Valentina

Where Valentina comes from

From Spanish, Italian, and Latin Valentīna, feminine forms of Spanish and Italian Valentino, and Latin Valentīnus. Doublet of Valentine, Valentinus, Valentino, and Valentini.
— Wiktionary's entry for Valentina
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1897
    First appearance
    #1,555 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1937
    Valentina Tereshkova born
    Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space
  3. 1949
    Valentina Matviyenko born
    Russian politician
  4. 2025
    Peak, #35
    5,354 babies named Valentina — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, Italian, or Spanish, masculine equivalent Valentine, Valentinus, and Valentino.
Namesakes
  • Valentina Tereshkova · Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space, born 1937
  • Valentina Matviyenko · Russian politician, born 1949
  • Valentina Monetta · Sammarinese singer, born 1975
  • Valentina Cortese · Italian actress, 1923–2019
  • Valentina Vezzali · Italian fencer and politician, born 1974

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.