Given name
Valérie
“to be strong, to be worthy”
Valérie is a feminine given name. It is used in French and Czech.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Valérie goes back to Latin Valeria, meaning “to be strong, to be worthy.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In French usage, Valérie is a feminine form of Valerius.
Valérie’s family of names
In Czech usage, Valérie has a diminutive in Val. Valérie shares a linguistic root with Valerie. In French usage, Valérie has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Valeria.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Valérie has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
11 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 10
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Leraalso known as · Czech
- Valinaalso known as · Czech
- Valialso known as · Czech
- Valdaalso known as · Czech
- Valerkaalso known as · Czech
- Vájaalso known as · Czech
- Valčíalso known as · Czech
- Valušaalso known as · Czech
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People named Valérie
- Valérie TrierweilerFrench journalistborn 1965
- Valérie PécresseFrench politician (born 1967)
- Valérie LemercierFrench actress, comedian, singer, film director and screenwriterborn 1964
- Valérie BenguiguiFrench actress of stage and screen (1961–2013)
- Valérie KapriskyFrench actressborn 1962
- Valérie DonzelliFrench actress, film director and screenwriterborn 1973
- Valérie MaltaisCanadian speed skaterborn 1990
- Valérie BonnetonFrench actress (born 1970)
- Valérie Andréveteran of the French resistance, neurosurgeon, aviator, first female General Officer1922–2025
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