Given name & surname
Valentim
Valentim is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Portuguese use, Valentim shares an earlier linguistic root with Valentine. An origin associated with Valentine is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin Valentīnus, built from Latin Valēns + -īnus.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Valentim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 6 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 boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 177 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.
Valentim’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Valentim has a feminine form in Valentina. In Portuguese usage, Valentim has a conventional equivalent in the English form Valentine. Valentim shares a linguistic root with Valentine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Valentim has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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.
People named Valentim
- Valentim FernandesPortuguese printer1450–1510
- Valentim da Fonseca e SilvaBrazilian architect (1745–1813)
- Valentim LoureiroPortuguese politician and football chairmanborn 1938
- Valentim Fagundes de MenesesPortuguese Catholic priestborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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