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Valentina - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Valentina
 
 

 


The girl name Valentina [ 4 syll. va-len-ti-na, val-ent-ina ] is pronounced VaeLahNTIYNah KEY. Valentina has its origins in the Latin language. It is used largely in Czech, German, and Italian. Derived from the word valens which has the meaning 'healthy, strong'. From the Roman nickname. Valentina is the feminine version of the English Valentine.

Forms of Valentina include the English and German Valena, the French Valentine, and the Polish Walentyna.

Valentina is rather popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as rather trendy. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only very modest use. At the recent height of its usage in 2007, 0.039% of baby girls were named Valentina. It was #394 in rank then. Within all girl names in its family, Valentina was the most widely used in 2007.

A baby name that sounds like Valentina is the French Valentine.

KEY: English pronunciation for Valentina: V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


A famous person named Valentina is Valentina Tereshkova, Astronaut, born 6 March 1937, Maslennikovo, Russia.

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