Healthy or strong root, through the Latin Valerius and Valeria name family.
The exact English entry documents separate masculine French Valéry/Latin Valerius and feminine Valerie/French Valérie/Latin Valeria routes. The Latin Valerius entry derives the clan name through Valesios from valeō, be healthy or strong; Valeria explicitly shares the family and verb root. These are ancestry explanations, not a prediction of a child’s health. Other same-spelling language traditions need separate evidence.
Origin
Separate French and Latin masculine and feminine traditions
The entry records a masculine form through French Valéry and Latin Valerius, and a feminine Valerie-related form through French Valérie and Latin Valeria. These traditions remain separate; no universal literal meaning is inferred.
English pronunciation
/ˈvælɚi/
US English dictionary reading of this exact spelling. CMUdict does not identify an individual bearer or a particular name tradition; other readings may be preferred. Adapted from ARPABET to broad IPA and an approximate reading guide. Original ARPABET: V AE1 L ER0 IY0.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Published name usage
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
Latest published record available for this spelling in each place and recorded usage
Place
Year
Recorded usage
Published births
Rank
Notes
Canada
2024
Girls
6
2975
2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
France
2016
Girls
5 (rounded to 5)
6364
Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published.
France
2013
Boys
5 (rounded to 5)
5446
Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published.
England & Wales
2025
Girls
4
4867
Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published.
United States
2025
Girls
366
743
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
United States
2025
Boys
5
12008
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
Sources & notes
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Meaning: Healthy or strong root, through the Latin Valerius and Valeria name family.
Checked against cited source
The exact English entry documents separate masculine French Valéry/Latin Valerius and feminine Valerie/French Valérie/Latin Valeria routes. The Latin Valerius entry derives the clan name through Valesios from valeō, be healthy or strong; Valeria explicitly shares the family and verb root. These are ancestry explanations, not a prediction of a child’s health. Other same-spelling language traditions need separate evidence.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin: Separate French and Latin masculine and feminine traditions
Checked against cited source
The entry records a masculine form through French Valéry and Latin Valerius, and a feminine Valerie-related form through French Valérie and Latin Valeria. These traditions remain separate; no universal literal meaning is inferred.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
English pronunciation: /ˈvælɚi/
Checked against cited source
US English dictionary reading of this exact spelling. CMUdict does not identify an individual bearer or a particular name tradition; other readings may be preferred. Adapted from ARPABET to broad IPA and an approximate reading guide. Original ARPABET: V AE1 L ER0 IY0.
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University and CMUdict contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: selected exact-spelling dictionary readings converted from ARPABET to broad IPA, with qualified syllable counts. CMUdict does not identify a bearer’s preferred pronunciation or name tradition.
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Supporting evidence: Valeria: feminine Roman family-name route
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Supporting evidence for this specifically qualified name tradition. Adapted from Wiktionary contributors; ancestry, alternatives and uncertainty are kept distinct.
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Supporting evidence: Valerius: Latin healthy/strong verb root
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Supporting evidence for this specifically qualified name tradition. Adapted from Wiktionary contributors; ancestry, alternatives and uncertainty are kept distinct.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Syllables: 3 (recorded US English dictionary reading)
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Editorial count of vowel phonemes in the reviewed CMUdict reading. Applies to that reading only; different languages, accents or preferred pronunciations can differ. Original ARPABET: V AE1 L ER0 IY0.
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University and CMUdict contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: selected exact-spelling dictionary readings converted from ARPABET to broad IPA, with qualified syllable counts. CMUdict does not identify a bearer’s preferred pronunciation or name tradition.
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Relationship documented in the reviewed English given-name section. The tradition may depend on the longer name; exact spelling-specific counts remain separate.
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Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
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Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
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Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
