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Валентин
“to be strong, healthy”
Валентин (Valentín) is a masculine given name from Latin, meaning “to be strong, healthy.” It is used in Russian and Ukrainian.
Bulgarian and Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Valya.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Валентин developed from Valentinus.
Валентин’s family of names
In English usage, Валентин has a short form in VALYA. In Ukrainian usage, Валентин developed from the Latin form Valentinus. In Russian usage, Валентин has a conventional equivalent in the German form Valentin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Валентин has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Валентин comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Валентин
- Valentin GlushkoSoviet rocket engineer (1908-1989)
- Valentyn SilvestrovSoviet and Ukrainian pianist and composer (b. 1937)
- ValentinusEgyptian gnostic theologian (c.100–c. 160)
- Valentin GaftSoviet and Russian actor (1935–2020)
- Valentin BondarenkoSoviet cosmonaut (1937–1961)
- Valentyn VasyanovychUkrainian film directorborn 1971
- Valentyn SymonenkoUkrainian statesmanborn 1940
- Valentin YudashkinRussian fashion designer (1963–2023)
- Valentyn NalyvaichenkoUkrainian diplomat and politicianborn 1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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