Given name & surname
Valencia
Valencia is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is powerful; strong; from the city of Valencia.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who is powerful; strong; from the city of Valencia.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
From Spanish Valencia, from Latin Valentia; its root is Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Valencia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12,209
- 11 boys · 12,198 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 261 babies
- 2025
- 118
- #1,731 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 118 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,731 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 22.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 261 in 1970. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (21). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,301 as a first name in 2020; 67,405 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.
Valencia’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Valencia as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Portuguese form Valença. Valencia has a related form in Valecia. Valencia has a related form in Valyncia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Valeciavariant
- Valenicavariant
- Valanciavariant
- Valynciavariant
- Vallencialikely variant
- Valencevariant
- Valancavariant
- Valenziavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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