Given name & surname
Valère
“valiant, worthy”
Valère is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.
Original LatinValerius
Meaning & origin
What it means
Valère goes back to Latin Valerius, meaning “valiant, worthy.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
In French usage, Valère developed from Valerius.
Valère’s family of names
In French usage, Valère developed from the Latin form Valerius. In French usage, Valère has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Valerio. Valère is a form of Valerius.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Valère has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Valère comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Valère
- Valère GermainFrench footballer (born 1990)
- Valère NovarinaSwiss choreographer and photographer1942–2026
- Valère Thiébaudbicycle racerborn 1999
- Valère OllivierBelgian cyclist (1921–1958)
- Valère BernardFrench painter, writer and felibre (1860-1936)
- Valère GilleBelgian poet (1867–1950)
- Valère BillenBelgian association football playerborn 1952
- Valère AmoussouBeninese footballerborn 1987
- Valery LeventalTheatre artist (1938-2015)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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