Given name
Valarie
“strong and valiant”
In English use, Valarie has a related form in Valerie. In Latin use, Valerie carries the interpretation “strong and valiant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Valarie has a related form in Valerie. In Latin use, Valerie carries the interpretation “strong and valiant.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Valarie is a form of Valerie. Valerie comes from French, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Valarie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18,714
- 0 boys · 18,714 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 641 babies
- 2025
- 48
- #3,294 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +31%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 48 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,294 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 31.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 641 in 1964. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,355 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.
Valarie’s family of names
In English usage, Valarie has a related form in Valerie. In English usage, Valarie has a conventional equivalent in the German form Valerie. In English usage, Valarie has a related form in VALARY.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Valarie
- Valarie SionAmerican discus throwerborn 1995
- Valarie PettifordAmerican actor and singer (b. 1960)
- Valarie Rae MillerAmerican actressborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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