Given name & surname
Vale
“from the valley”
Vale is a variant of Vail. One English interpretation is “from the valley.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vale is a variant of Vail. One English interpretation is “from the valley.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Vale is a variant of Vail. An origin associated with Vail is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vale through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 539
- 199 boys · 340 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 55 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #5,831 for boys · #8,323 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,831 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 19.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 13 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 643 as a first name in 2020; 3,296 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vale’s family of names
Vale has a related form in Vail. In Greek usage, Vale as a surname is a transliteration of Βάλε.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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 4
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 Vale
- Vale LPItalian singer-songwriter and rapperborn 1999
- V. ValeAmerican publisher, writer, interviewer and musicianborn 1942
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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