Valeria (given name)
Valeria or Valéria is a female given name dating back to the Latin verb valere, meaning "to be healthy" or "to be strong". The male version is Valerius, Valerio or Valery. Valeria is also connected to the same root with the name, "Valentine," and "Valerian," or "Valeriana officinalis," the herb.
It is primarily used in Russian, Italian, Romanian, Hungarian, Spanish, Greek and Latin American societies. It means "strong, healthy, or capable."
The form Valéria is used in Portuguese and Slovak.
List of people with the given name Valeria
Religion
- Valeria of Milan, or Saint Valeria, Christian martyr (1st or 2nd century)
- Valeria, a Christian saint martyred with Anesius
Roman history
- Valeria (wife of Sulla), the fourth wife of Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla
- Valeria Maximilla, Roman empress as the wife of Emperor Maxentius
- Valeria Messalina, Roman empress as the third wife of the Emperor Claudius
Arts and entertainment
- Valeriya, Russian pop star
- Valeria Andrews, Australian dance pop singer-songwriter and actress
- Valeria Bertuccelli, Argentine film and television actress
- Valeria Díaz, Argentine actress and singer
- Valeria Gastaldi, Argentine singer
- Valeria Golino, Italian-Greek film and television actress
- Valeria Kozlova, Russian musician also known as Lera Kozlova
- Valeria Marini, Italian model, actress, showgirl and fashion designer
- Valeria Morales, Puerto Rican singer and actress
- Valeria Moriconi, Italian actress
- Valeria Solarino, Italian actress
- Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian-French actress
Sports
- Valeriya Gansvind (born 1965), Estonian chess player
- Valeria Kleiner, German football player
- Valeria Lyulyaeva, Russian rower
- Valeria Solovieva, professional Russian tennis player
- Valeria Spälty, Swiss curler
- Valeria Starygina, Russian ice dancer
- Valeria Zenkova, Russian ice dancer
Fictional characters
- Valeria, a character in Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
- Valeria (Conan the Barbarian), character in the stories and films concerning Conan the Barbarian
- Valeria (The Book of the New Sun), character in Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun series
- Valeria Richards, fictional character in the Marvel Universe
- Valeria Watt, a character in Carry On Screaming! played by Fenella Fielding
- Valeria, a deserting soldier in the first Suikoden game
- Valeria: a fictional character in the Mexican telenovela El Cuerpo del Deseo
See also
- Valeriya, Russian singer
- Valerie (given name)
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: William Ramsay (1870). "Valeria". In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 3. p. 1215.