Given name & surname · also Teutonic
Valda
“spirited in battle”·“famous ruler”
Valda is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “spirited in battle” and “famous ruler”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “spirited in battle” and “famous ruler”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
In Latvian usage, Valda is a feminine form of Valdis.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Valda is a feminine form of Valdis. The history of Valdis gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Valdis is associated with the goddess of the dead.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Valda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,866
- 0 boys · 1,866 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 62 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 6 in 1982. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 62 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,289 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.
Valda’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Valda is a feminine form of Valdis. Valda has a related form in Velda. Valda has a related form in Vada.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Valda
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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