MEANING & HISTORY
What does Valerie mean?
Valerie is an English and German form of Valeria. The Roman family name Valerius lies behind Valeria and is connected with Latin valere, to be strong or healthy.
This provides a strength-and-wellbeing root rather than a compound meaning brave princess. The ending reflects the name’s feminine development and later borrowing. Valerie and accented French Valérie are related written forms, but this entry preserves the exact unaccented spelling under discussion.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
From French Valérie, from Latin Valeria. Doublet of Valeria.
A female given name from French [in turn from Latin].
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People with the name Valerie
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Valerie Concepcion
Filipino actress
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Valerie Garcia
Filipino actress
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Valerie Concepcion, Valerie Garcia
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Valerie in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Valerie
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Valerio·Valerius form, connected with being strong
- Valente·Latin strong, vigorous or healthy in the Valens family
- Valero♂Spanish form related to Valerius; strong or healthy
- Lorie·Established variant of Lori
- Marie♀French form of Mary, from Miriam
- Valentin♂Valentinus-family name, from Latin strength and health
- Valentín♂Strong or healthy, through Latin Valentinus
- Valeriana♀Feminine of Valerianus, from Valerius and being strong
What rhymes with Valerie?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Valerie further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q1068242 — Valerie (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Valerie Concepcion (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1068242 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Valerie Garcia (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1068242 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Valerie (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Valerie (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Valeria (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Valerius (opens in a new tab)
The underlying Roman family name derives from a Latin verb for being strong.