Valerie Forename
713th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,171,513 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Saint Barthelemy
Valerie 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 ForenameValerie Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 100% | 454,532 | 1:146 | 35 |
| United States | 100% | 325,936 | 1:1,112 | 246 |
| England | 100% | 122,066 | 1:456 | 101 |
| Canada | 100% | 37,691 | 1:879 | 195 |
| Belgium | 100% | 18,531 | 1:620 | 141 |
| DR Congo | 80% | 18,379 | 1:4,017 | 545 |
| Cameroon | 99% | 16,228 | 1:1,332 | 266 |
| South Africa | 100% | 16,115 | 1:3,384 | 645 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 11,487 | 1:2,057 | 498 |
| Benin | 100% | 10,160 | 1:1,041 | 233 |
| Ireland | 100% | 8,939 | 1:519 | 112 |
| Wales | 100% | 7,800 | 1:397 | 88 |
| Scotland | 100% | 7,641 | 1:700 | 150 |
| Burundi | 100% | 7,241 | 1:1,368 | 438 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6,195 | 1:1,720 | 212 |
| Philippines | 98% | 5,841 | 1:18,149 | 1,971 |
| Haiti | 100% | 5,482 | 1:1,957 | 313 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 5,318 | 1:2,138 | 462 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4,918 | 1:1,441 | 297 |
| Ivory Coast | 96% | 4,783 | 1:4,825 | 553 |
| Australia | - | 4,666 | 1:2,927 | 484 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,588 | 1:3,684 | 609 |
| Germany | 100% | 4,351 | 1:22,220 | 973 |
| Burkina Faso | 97% | 3,920 | 1:4,689 | 606 |
| Kenya | - | 3,568 | 1:12,978 | 1,512 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,457 | 1:834 | 216 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 3,349 | 1:550 | 133 |
| Ghana | - | 3,259 | 1:8,281 | 858 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,735 | 1:1,659 | 357 |
| Chad | 78% | 1,977 | 1:6,878 | 1,065 |
| Morocco | 100% | 1,829 | 1:18,780 | 1,196 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,785 | 1:21,180 | 2,091 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1,666 | 1:162 | 22 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,560 | 1:44,914 | 5,005 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,433 | 1:5,942 | 494 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,408 | 1:21,626 | 2,155 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,347 | 1:7,744 | 989 |
| Togo | - | 1,319 | 1:5,488 | 890 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,271 | 1:76,759 | 6,049 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,248 | 1:6,581 | 811 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,243 | 1:1,515 | 363 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,189 | 1:2,986 | 325 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,099 | 1:161,569 | 7,558 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,066 | 1:43,649 | 1,853 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Singapore | 100% | 847 | 1:7,423 | 1,377 |
| Egypt | 100% | 846 | 1:108,630 | 4,869 |
| French Polynesia | - | 805 | 1:345 | 49 |
| Vanuatu | - | 769 | 1:340 | 65 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 769 | 1:20,057 | 2,198 |
| Congo | 100% | 754 | 1:6,644 | 920 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 745 | 1:1,827 | 354 |
| Chile | 100% | 671 | 1:26,240 | 1,263 |
| Mexico | 100% | 657 | 1:188,957 | 3,483 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Brazil | 100% | 491 | 1:436,326 | 15,015 |
| India | 100% | 491 | 1:2,474,293 | 120,337 |
| Bahamas | - | 453 | 1:882 | 229 |
| Italy | 100% | 437 | 1:139,730 | 2,276 |
| Poland | 67% | 377 | 1:100,868 | 2,190 |
| Zambia | - | 354 | 1:44,788 | 2,931 |
| Guyana | 100% | 320 | 1:2,385 | 469 |
| Panama | 100% | 319 | 1:12,246 | 1,506 |
| Suriname | 100% | 313 | 1:1,766 | 411 |
| Barbados | - | 311 | 1:932 | 221 |
| Portugal | - | 304 | 1:34,246 | 1,362 |
| Malta | - | 301 | 1:1,426 | 300 |
| Malawi | 100% | 296 | 1:57,812 | 3,676 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 296 | 1:102,033 | 4,616 |
| Russia | 95% | 292 | 1:493,951 | 5,440 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 291 | 1:105,795 | 3,016 |
| Senegal | 98% | 289 | 1:50,455 | 2,006 |
| Peru | 100% | 285 | 1:111,549 | 3,820 |
| Greece | 100% | 261 | 1:41,895 | 1,551 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 250 | 1:19,072 | 1,344 |
| Moldova | 100% | 219 | 1:16,261 | 576 |
| Ecuador | - | 209 | 1:84,818 | 2,274 |
| Jersey | - | 209 | 1:478 | 109 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 199 | 1:1,296,300 | 74,873 |
| China | - | 197 | 1:6,934,293 | 59,350 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Israel | 51% | 174 | 1:48,293 | 3,033 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 165 | 1:944 | 284 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 163 | 1:59 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | - | 156 | 1:49,697 | 2,514 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 155 | 1:641 | 83 |
| Namibia | - | 151 | 1:15,922 | 1,575 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Belize | 100% | 130 | 1:2,725 | 625 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 130 | 1:6,701 | 689 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 130 | 1:123,911 | 2,432 |
| Saint Lucia | 96% | 127 | 1:1,400 | 248 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 121 | 1:907 | 180 |
| Sweden | 100% | 119 | 1:82,840 | 3,751 |
| Bermuda | - | 118 | 1:549 | 90 |
| Grenada | 98% | 116 | 1:932 | 177 |
| Liberia | 100% | 115 | 1:38,366 | 2,194 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 110 | 1:842 | 205 |
| Djibouti | - | 109 | 1:8,401 | 725 |
| Japan | - | 108 | 1:1,185,056 | 16,046 |
| Guam | - | 105 | 1:1,530 | 341 |
| Denmark | - | 101 | 1:55,936 | 2,032 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 95 | 1:13,661 | 1,534 |
| Botswana | 100% | 90 | 1:24,272 | 2,834 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 90 | 1:90,581 | 8,400 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 85 | 1:721 | 131 |
| Norway | 100% | 81 | 1:63,362 | 2,402 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 78 | 1:703 | 120 |
| Andorra | - | 73 | 1:1,135 | 169 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 71 | 1:100,732 | 8,218 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 61 | 1:896 | 182 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Honduras | 100% | 59 | 1:149,449 | 4,023 |
| Aruba | - | 58 | 1:1,789 | 363 |
| Guernsey | - | 57 | 1:1,111 | 227 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Luxembourg | - | 49 | 1:11,511 | 890 |
| Uganda | 85% | 41 | 1:998,949 | 17,408 |
| Belarus | 93% | 37 | 1:256,281 | 2,042 |
| Monaco | 100% | 37 | 1:1,040 | 217 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 34 | 1:3,282 | 615 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 32 | 1:107,114 | 2,682 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:1,078 | 245 |
| Estonia | 100% | 29 | 1:45,358 | 2,735 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 29 | 1:218 | 47 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 29 | 1:183,106 | 1,295 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 28 | 1:1,240 | 288 |
| Qatar | 86% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 23 | 1:8,450,334 | 65,173 |
| Turkey | 100% | 23 | 1:3,382,683 | 18,567 |
| Finland | 86% | 22 | 1:249,236 | 3,896 |
| Colombia | 100% | 21 | 1:2,275,187 | 18,014 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 21 | 1:278 | 74 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 20 | 1:1,188,484 | 41,438 |
| Latvia | - | 19 | 1:106,087 | 1,963 |
| Argentina | 100% | 18 | 1:2,376,291 | 8,279 |
| Tunisia | - | 18 | 1:37,606 | 2,164 |
| South Korea | - | 17 | 1:326,142 | 10,022 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 16 | 1:376,146 | 7,303 |
| Oman | - | 16 | 1:256,792 | 3,659 |
| Vietnam | - | 16 | 1:5,788,945 | 3,683 |
| Hungary | 100% | 15 | 1:652,785 | 2,218 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| El Salvador | - | 14 | 1:452,985 | 4,295 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 14 | 1:1,267,632 | 12,179 |
| Bolivia | - | 12 | 1:883,450 | 3,230 |
| Kosovo | - | 10 | 1:186,144 | 7,603 |
| Nauru | 100% | 10 | 1:1,193 | 190 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 10 | 1:5,278,832 | 28,402 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Georgia | - | 8 | 1:467,308 | 8,891 |
| Romania | 100% | 8 | 1:2,506,497 | 24,627 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 7 | 1:449 | 81 |
| Montserrat | - | 7 | 1:697 | 83 |
| Niger | 83% | 7 | 1:2,740,571 | 30,052 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 1:101,368 | 818 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 6 | 1:1,206,134 | 7,440 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 5 | 1:1,398,078 | 12,856 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:10,246 | 1,467 |
| Ukraine | - | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Afghanistan | - | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Guinea | 100% | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 4 | 1:145,239 | 6,287 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Valérie (63,217), Valèrie (92), Valerié (6) & Valeriè (1) are calculated separately.
Valerie (7,141) may also be a surname.
Valerie 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
Adopted from the French (Valérie), itself from Latin Valeria, in which form the name does not appear in England—despite the undeniable charm of Shakespeare’s Valeria in Coriolanus and despite three Saints Valeria.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Latin (feminine) - Strong.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Valiant: strong.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Valerie Forename Popularity
Valerie Demographics
Valerie Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 11 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Valerie Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Valerie in the Russian language | ||
| Валерие | valerie | - |
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