Given name · Russian
Валерий
“to be strong”
Валерий (Valérij) is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Valery.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Валерий possibly goes back to Latin Valerius, meaning “to be strong.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Валерий’s family of names
In Bulgarian usage, Валерий has a feminine form in Валерия. In Russian usage, Валерий has a conventional equivalent in the English form Valery. In Russian usage, Валерий has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Valerio.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Валерий has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Валерий comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Валерий
- Valery LeontievRussian singerborn 1949
- Valery BryusovRussian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian (1873–1924)
- Valery GerasimovChief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federationborn 1955
- Valery GergievRussian conductor and opera company directorborn 1953
- Valery KarpinEstonian-Russian footballer and manager (born 1969)
- Valery BykovskySoviet cosmonaut (1934-2019)
- Valery LegasovSoviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988)
- Valery ChkalovSoviet aviator, Hero of the Soviet Union (1904-1938)
- Valery GazzaevSoviet footballer and managerborn 1954
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