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Valentine - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Valentine
 
 

 


The girl name Valentine [ 3 syll. va-len-ti-ne, val-ent-ine ] is also used as a boy name, and it is more frequently a boy name. It is pronounced VAELahNTAYN KEY. Valentine's language of origin is Latin and it is predominantly used in French. Valentine is a form of the Czech, German, and Italian Valentina.

Valentine is an unusual baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1917 with 0.005% of baby girls being named Valentine. It had a ranking of #976 then. The baby name has experienced a drop in frequency since then, and is of sporadic use today. In 2007, among the family of girl names directly related to Valentine, the Czech, German, and Italian Valentina was the most popular. In the last century Valentine has mainly been a boy name. There were 2 times more boys than girls who were named Valentine in 1917.

A baby name that sounds like Valentine is the Czech, German, and Italian Valentina.

KEY: English pronunciation for Valentine: 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)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


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