Valen: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “strong, healthy”
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- VAY-len · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Both (28% girls, 72% boys since 1880)
From the Roman name Valens, from Latin valens “strong, vigorous, healthy.” It also occurs as a shortened modern form of names like Valentine.
How popular is Valen?
Babies named Valen in 2024122
2024 rank#1,700 boys
Peak year2023
Total US babies since 18801,747
Valen is rising: use over the last five years is 2.3× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Valen
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Valen questions
What does the name Valen mean?
Valen means "strong, healthy". It comes from Latin. From the Roman name Valens, from Latin valens “strong, vigorous, healthy.” It also occurs as a shortened modern form of names like Valentine.
Is Valen a boy or girl name?
Valen is used for both: about 28% of US babies named Valen since 1880 were girls.
How popular is Valen?
122 US babies were named Valen in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.
How do you pronounce Valen?
Valen is usually pronounced VAY-len.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.