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Meaning of name Valerie

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Meaning

The name Valerie has the following meaning:

One who is vigorous and mighty. Form of Valeria.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Valerie is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 161 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Valerie fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 3 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 138 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Valerie in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Valerie is pronounced as vah-lur-ee

Origins

Valerie originates from the French language.
See other suggested French girl baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Valerie and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Valerie: Boys - Algernon, Algie, Fermin, Orville, Girls - Charlize, Dejah, Didina, Fabiola, Jolie, Lauri, Leaut, Lutie, Maiya, Marvel, Marvella, Nanie, Sigourney, Both genders - Drury

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Valerie: Lera (Russian), Lerka (Russian), Vake, Valaree, Valarey, Valari, Valaria, Valarie, Valeraine, Valere, Valeree, Valeri, Valeria, Valeriana (Spanish), Valery, Valerye, Valka (Russian), Vallarie, Valleree, Vallerie, Vallery, Vallorey, Vallorie, Vallory, Vallrie, Valora, Valorie, Valri, Valry, Wala (Polish), Waleria (Polish)

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Valerie are: Val

Style

We think the name Valerie should fall under the following style category: The 70's.

See other The 70's girl names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Valerie to be: Happy and funny woman

In one word, you might describe Valerie as a(n) "happy" person.

See other "happy" names for girls.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Valerie (or its variants) are:

Valérie Marcoux, born on 1 April, a famous athlete. Valérie Marcoux's background: A Canadian figure skater. She and her partner Craig Buntin have won three Canadian National titles in pairs.

Valerie Ritchie Perrine, born on 3 September , a famous actress. Valerie Ritchie Perrine's background: An Academy Award-nominated American actress and model.

Valerie Harper , born on 22 August, a famous actress. Valerie Harper 's background: An Emmy Award-winning American actress, best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on the 1970s television show The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and its spinoff, Rhoda.
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