Valentina

Valentina: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “strong, healthy”
Origin: Latin
Say it: val-en-TEE-nuh · 4 syllables
Used for: Girls

Feminine form of Valentinus, from Latin valens meaning 'strong, healthy.' Common across Romance and Slavic languages.

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How popular is Valentina?

20241,333 per million US babies

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Babies named Valentina in 20244,438

2024 rank#47 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 188059,768

Valentina is rising: use over the last five years is 1.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Valentina

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Novanew · Latin

Valentina questions

What does the name Valentina mean?

Valentina means "strong, healthy". It comes from Latin. Feminine form of Valentinus, from Latin valens meaning 'strong, healthy.' Common across Romance and Slavic languages.

Is Valentina a boy or girl name?

Valentina is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Valentina?

4,438 US babies were named Valentina in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Valentina?

Valentina is usually pronounced val-en-TEE-nuh.

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.