Given name & surname
Valari
“strong and valiant”
Valari is a variant of Valerie. In Latin use, Valerie carries the interpretation “strong and valiant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Valari is a variant of Valerie. In Latin use, Valerie carries the interpretation “strong and valiant.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Valari through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 93
- 0 boys · 93 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 202 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Valari’s family of names
Valari has a related form in Valerie. In English usage, Valari has a conventional equivalent in the German form Valerie. In Greek usage, Valari as a surname is a transliteration of Βάλαρη.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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