Valeria Forename
1,555th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 632,204 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Argentina
Valeria Forename Definition:
A female name. Latin Valeria, f. of Valerius, the name of a Roman gens, probably derived from valeo. St Valeria was supposed to have been the wife of St Vitalis, and mother of SS Gervasius and Protasius, who were martyred at Ravenna in the 1st C.
Read More About This ForenameValeria Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 96% | 171,236 | 1:1,251 | 194 |
| Russia | 100% | 107,156 | 1:1,346 | 140 |
| Argentina | 100% | 82,944 | 1:516 | 125 |
| Italy | 100% | 47,955 | 1:1,273 | 219 |
| Spain | 100% | 31,226 | 1:1,490 | 227 |
| Mexico | 100% | 27,523 | 1:4,511 | 543 |
| Chile | 97% | 26,896 | 1:655 | 149 |
| United States | 100% | 17,652 | 1:20,538 | 1,653 |
| Belarus | 99% | 16,210 | 1:585 | 101 |
| Ecuador | - | 8,710 | 1:2,035 | 325 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 6,759 | 1:1,568 | 368 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 6,492 | 1:2,734 | 426 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 6,280 | 1:546 | 121 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 5,907 | 1:8,937 | 1,225 |
| Romania | 100% | 5,198 | 1:3,858 | 395 |
| Uzbekistan | 99% | 4,871 | 1:6,320 | 1,010 |
| Peru | 100% | 4,815 | 1:6,603 | 896 |
| Angola | 100% | 4,589 | 1:5,876 | 855 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3,825 | 1:7,896 | 897 |
| Moldova | 100% | 3,164 | 1:1,126 | 167 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,574 | 1:37,559 | 1,262 |
| Israel | 100% | 2,415 | 1:3,479 | 644 |
| Tajikistan | 99% | 2,344 | 1:3,573 | 582 |
| Uganda | 99% | 2,322 | 1:17,639 | 1,492 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 2,167 | 1:3,340 | 584 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1,916 | 1:2,771 | 256 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,798 | 1:2,652 | 436 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1,655 | 1:3,636 | 581 |
| Philippines | 99% | 1,519 | 1:69,789 | 4,456 |
| Guatemala | 98% | 1,414 | 1:11,392 | 942 |
| England | 100% | 1,408 | 1:39,491 | 2,021 |
| Indonesia | 50% | 1,140 | 1:226,284 | 21,209 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 1,131 | 1:13,637 | 1,687 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,089 | 1:7,542 | 883 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,068 | 1:25,268 | 1,746 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 970 | 1:10,754 | 1,243 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 885 | 1:19,098 | 1,867 |
| Kenya | 100% | 859 | 1:53,908 | 3,559 |
| Czechia | 99% | 852 | 1:12,507 | 476 |
| Thailand | 100% | 821 | 1:85,342 | 7,610 |
| Panama | 100% | 804 | 1:4,859 | 834 |
| Estonia | 100% | 730 | 1:1,802 | 403 |
| Transnistria | 98% | 645 | 1:737 | 117 |
| Poland | 100% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 541 | 1:136,465 | 6,685 |
| Colombia | 100% | 521 | 1:91,706 | 3,102 |
| Egypt | 100% | 477 | 1:192,664 | 7,172 |
| Namibia | - | 473 | 1:5,083 | 747 |
| Canada | 100% | 426 | 1:77,778 | 4,366 |
| Honduras | 100% | 396 | 1:22,266 | 1,532 |
| South Africa | 99% | 391 | 1:139,470 | 10,069 |
| Sweden | 100% | 385 | 1:25,605 | 1,657 |
| Greece | 100% | 327 | 1:33,439 | 1,381 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 327 | 1:16,737 | 522 |
| Hungary | 100% | 322 | 1:30,409 | 470 |
| Serbia | 100% | 312 | 1:22,903 | 1,393 |
| Austria | 100% | 280 | 1:30,408 | 1,165 |
| Belgium | 100% | 242 | 1:47,480 | 2,393 |
| Georgia | 97% | 230 | 1:16,254 | 1,268 |
| El Salvador | - | 219 | 1:28,958 | 1,248 |
| Albania | 100% | 176 | 1:17,310 | 2,329 |
| France | 100% | 176 | 1:377,672 | 4,636 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 171 | 1:1,038,388 | 25,665 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 162 | 1:187,963 | 11,085 |
| Latvia | - | 154 | 1:13,089 | 757 |
| Australia | - | 149 | 1:91,662 | 3,421 |
| Armenia | 100% | 133 | 1:21,946 | 1,239 |
| Finland | 100% | 128 | 1:42,837 | 1,601 |
| India | 100% | 128 | 1:9,491,234 | 290,599 |
| Malawi | 100% | 127 | 1:134,743 | 6,567 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 99% | 109 | 1:54,801 | 4,745 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Ireland | 100% | 106 | 1:43,807 | 1,511 |
| Cuba | - | 86 | 1:133,797 | 2,327 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 81 | 1:266,796 | 10,396 |
| Denmark | - | 80 | 1:70,619 | 2,348 |
| Zambia | - | 79 | 1:200,694 | 7,014 |
| Norway | 100% | 78 | 1:65,799 | 2,482 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 78 | 1:104,517 | 9,496 |
| New Zealand | - | 76 | 1:59,685 | 3,060 |
| Belize | 100% | 69 | 1:5,135 | 1,033 |
| Croatia | 100% | 66 | 1:63,895 | 1,964 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 66 | 1:13,198 | 1,045 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 66 | 1:8,802 | 916 |
| Bahamas | - | 64 | 1:6,240 | 870 |
| Congo | 100% | 59 | 1:84,902 | 5,686 |
| Scotland | 100% | 56 | 1:95,542 | 2,303 |
| Lebanon | 97% | 54 | 1:104,214 | 3,273 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 54 | 1:37,778 | 4,189 |
| Azerbaijan | 97% | 52 | 1:185,441 | 6,165 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 52 | 1:134,431 | 4,110 |
| Malta | - | 51 | 1:8,419 | 919 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| China | - | 47 | 1:29,065,017 | 60,971 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 38 | 1:188,210 | 12,819 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 36 | 1:4,939 | 825 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 35 | 1:70,250 | 2,442 |
| Ukraine | - | 35 | 1:1,299,997 | 3,940 |
| Turkey | 100% | 29 | 1:2,682,818 | 16,510 |
| Wales | 100% | 23 | 1:134,535 | 2,882 |
| Qatar | 91% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 20 | 1:5,487 | 885 |
| Hong Kong | - | 19 | 1:408,038 | 4,068 |
| Iraq | 100% | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| San Marino | 100% | 18 | 1:1,829 | 276 |
| Japan | - | 17 | 1:7,528,592 | 31,633 |
| Bermuda | - | 15 | 1:4,322 | 727 |
| Jamaica | - | 15 | 1:192,215 | 6,523 |
| Guyana | 100% | 14 | 1:54,519 | 4,997 |
| Benin | 100% | 13 | 1:813,526 | 22,290 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 13 | 1:2,670 | 563 |
| Singapore | 100% | 12 | 1:523,921 | 11,491 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 11 | 1:2,160,880 | 53,386 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 10 | 1:19,200 | 1,714 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 6 | 1:40,570 | 1,514 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Oman | - | 5 | 1:821,733 | 6,168 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Jordan | 98% | 4 | 1:2,206,694 | 7,695 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | 1:614,382 | 2,910 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Iceland | 100% | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Kosovo | - | 3 | 1:620,480 | 13,695 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
The alternate forms: Valéria (97,265), Valèria (3), Valería (1), Váleria (1) & Váléria (2) are calculated separately.
Valeria (3,969) may also be a surname.
Valeria Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Latin Valeria, f. of Valerius, the name of a Roman gens, probably derived from valeo. St Valeria was supposed to have been the wife of St Vitalis, and mother of SS Gervasius and Protasius, who were martyred at Ravenna in the 1st C. Valérie is not uncommon in France and is sometimes imported into England. The Latin Valeria has sometimes been used in recent times with reference to the wife of Coriolanus in Shakespeare’s play.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Valeria Forename Popularity
Valeria Demographics
Valeria Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 134 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Valeria Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Valeria in the Russian language | ||
| Валериа | valeria | - |
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