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Valerie - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Valerie
 
 

 


The girl name Valerie [ 3 syll. va-le-rie, val-er-ie ] 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.

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 2007, its usage was 0.115% and its ranking #144. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Valerie, the English, German, and Italian Valeria was the most commonly used. In 2007, it was 41% more frequently used than Valerie.

Baby names that sound like Valerie include the English Valery, the French Valérie, the English Valarie, the English Valary, the English, German, and Italian Valeria, the Albanian Vlora, and the Albanian Vlorë.

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)"


Details of famous persons named Valerie:
Actress Valerie Harper, born 22 August 1940, Suffern, New York.
Political Figure Valerie Plame, born 1963, Anchorage, Alaska.

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