Valentine (name)
| Valentine |
| Gender |
male, female |
| Origin |
| Word/Name |
Latin |
| Meaning |
"strong, healthy" |
Valentine is a primarily masculine given name derived from the Roman family name Valentinus, which was derived from the Latin word valens, which means "strong and healthy." Valentine was the name of several saints of the Roman Catholic Church. St. Valentine's Day was named for a third century martyr. The name is in occasional use for girls in France. The usual feminine form of the name is Valentina.[1]
People with the given name Valentine
People with the surname Valentine
- Alf Valentine
- Alexander Valentine, Chairman of London Transport from 1959 to 1965
- Ann Valentine (1762–1842), English organist and composer
- Anthony Valentine
- Bobby Valentine, manager of Japanese baseball team Chiba Lotte Marines
- Brian Valentine, Senior Vice President, Ecommerce Platform, Amazon.com
- Bryan Valentine
- Brooke Valentine
- Carl Valentine
- Cheryl Valentine, Scottish field hockey midfielder
- Chris Valentine
- Darnell Valentine
- Dave Valentine Scottish rugby union and rugby league footballer
- DeWain Valentine (born 1936), an American sculptor
- Dickie Valentine
- Don Valentine
- Edward Valentine
- Edward K. Valentine
- Ellis Valentine, baseball player
- Elmer Valentine
- Emery Valentine
- Gary Valentine
- Gary Valentine Lachman, author and founder member of the band Blondie (then known as Gary Valentine)
- Greg Valentine
- Hilton Valentine
- Howard Valentine
- Hugh Valentine (1848–1932), New Zealand Member of Parliament
- James Valentine (photographer)
- James Valentine (musician)
- James Valentine (Australian musician)
- James W. Valentine, American evolutionary biologist
- Jean Valentine, America poet
- Jean Valentine (bombe operator)
- Jo Valentine, pseudonym of Charlotte Armstrong
- Jo Valentine, Baroness Valentine
- John Valentine
- Johnny Valentine
- Josh Valentine
- Judy Valentine
- Karen Valentine, American actress and star of Room 222
- Kathy Valentine
- Kid Thomas Valentine
- Kym Valentine
- Lewis Valentine
- Lewis J. Valentine, Police Commissioner of New York City
- Penny Valentine
- Phil Valentine
- Rob Valentine
- Rob Valentine Scottish rugby union and rugby league footballer
- Robert M. Valentine, partner of Rowland Hussey Macy
- Ryan Valentine
- Scott Valentine
- Stacy Valentine
- Steve Valentine
- Tim Valentine
- Tsakane Valentine
- Vincent Valentine (cricketer)
- William Orison Valentine
Fictional characters
- Aubrey Valentine, EastEnders
- Beka Valentine, Andromeda
- Calvin Valentine, Hollyoaks
- Charity Hope Valentine, Sweet Charity
- Diane Valentine, Hollyoaks
- Esther Valentine, The Young and the Restless
- Dick Valentine, fictional radio call-in show host, National Lampoon
- Faye Valentine, Cowboy Bebop
- Isabella "Ivy" Valentine, a character from the videogame Soul Calibur
- Jill Valentine, a character from the videogame and film Resident Evil
- Jimmy Valentine, the main character in O._Henry's short story "A Retrieved Reformation" and a number of movies based on it
- Keith Valentine, a vampire in the game Shadow Hearts
- Luke and Jan Valentine, characters of the Hellsing (TV series) anime
- Leo Valentine, Hollyoaks
- Mai Valentine, alternative name of Mai Kujaku, character of Yu-Gi-Oh!
- PC Roger Valentine, The Bill
- Sasha Valentine, Hollyoaks
- Shirley Valentine
- Skeeter Valentine, from the Nickelodeon cartoon Doug
- Sonny Valentine, Hollyoaks
- Thaddeus Valentine, in the book Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
- Vincent Valentine, a character from the video games Final Fantasy VII and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
- Valentine D'Artagnan, protagonist of La Femme Musketeer.
- Valentine Michael Smith, Man from Mars in Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land
- Valentine Wiggin, Ender's Game book series by Orson Scott Card
- Valentine, in William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Valentine, gentleman of Orsino in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
- Valentine, Robert Silverberg's Lord Valentine's Castle (see Majipoor series)
- Valentine, in Neil Gaiman's film MirrorMask
- Valentine Morgenstern, in Cassandra Clare's novel series Mortal Instruments
Name variants
- Balendin (Basque)
- Валентин Valentìn, Валю Valyu, Вальо Valyo, Валедин Vàledin (Bulgarian)
- Bálint (Hungarian)
- Folant (Welsh)
- Tino (Italian)
- Ualan (Scottish Gaelic)
- Val (English)
- Valentijn (Dutch)
- Valentín (Slovakian), Spanish
- Valentin (Bulgarian), (Croatian), (Czech), (French), (German), (Romanian), (Russian), (Scandinavian), (Slovenian)
- Valentino (Italian)
- Vali, Valentin (Romanian)
- Walenty (Polish)
- Valente (Portuguese)
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