Valeria

Where Valeria comes from

Feminine form of Roman family name Valerius, from Latin valere (“to be healthy, to be strong”). Doublet of Valerie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Valeria
  • Latin
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #623 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1964
    Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi born
    Italian and French actress, director, screenwriter
  3. 1966
    Valeria Golino born
    Italian model, actress and film director
  4. 2009
    Peak, #72
    4,091 babies named Valeria — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #176.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi · Italian and French actress, director, screenwriter, born 1964
  • Valeria Golino · Italian model, actress and film director, born 1966
  • Valeria Mazza · Argentine model, born 1972
  • Valeria Luiselli · Mexican writer, born 1983
  • Valeria Răcilă · Romanian rower, born 1957

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.