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 [ 3 syll. va-le-rie, val-er-ie ] The girl name Valerie is pronounced as VAELeriy KEY. Valerie is primarily used in English, French, and German. Its language of origin is Latin. Valerie is a variant form of the English, German, and Italian name Valeria. The short form Val (English), the pet form Vallie (English), and the spelling variants Valari (English), Valarie (English), Valeri (English), Valery (English), Valleri (English), Vallerie (English), Vallery (English), Vallirie (English), Valoree (English), Valori (English), and Valorie (English) are forms of the name. Valerie is a popular baby girl name. The name increased in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1950s; prior to that, it was of modest use only. At the peak of its usage in 1959, 0.351% of baby girls were named Valerie. It was #60 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a fall in frequency since then. In 2008, its usage was 0.121% and its ranking #135, but it was nevertheless the 2nd most popular after the English, German, and Italian Valeria, out of all girl names in its family. In 2008, it was 68% more frequently used than Valerie. Baby names that sound like Valerie include the English Valery, the French Valérie, the English Vallerie, the English Vallery, the English Valoree, the English Valori, the English Valorie, the English Valarae, the English Valari, the English Valerey, the English Valeri, the English Valerye, the English Valleri, the English Vallirie, the English Valaree, the English Valaria, the English Valarie, the English Valary, the English, German, and Italian Valeria, and the Russian Valeriya. Details of famous persons named Valerie: KEY: Pronunciation for Valerie: V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
