Given name & surname
Valentina
“one who is vigorous and healthy”
Valentina is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “one who is vigorous and healthy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is vigorous and healthy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
In Italian usage, Valentina is a feminine form of Valentino. In English usage, Valentina developed from Valentino.
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.
From dated birth records
Valentina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 65,166
- 19 boys · 65,147 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 5,361 babies
- 2025
- 5,361
- #35 for girls · #10,598 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +29%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5,354 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 35 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 28.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 7 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (1,146). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 49,540 as a first name in 2020; 210 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.
Valentina’s family of names
In Asturian usage, Valentina has a diminutive in Tina. Valentina is a feminine form of Valentine. Valentina has a related form in Val.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Valentina has relatives in 18 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
17 related names in 18 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 21
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Valentina
- Valentina TereshkovaRussian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937)
- Valentina MatviyenkoRussian politicianborn 1949
- Valentina MonettaSammarinese singerborn 1975
- Valentina CorteseItalian actress (1923–2019)
- Valentina LisitsaUkrainian-American classical pianistborn 1970
- Valentina TolkunovaRussian singer (1946-2010)
- Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans(1371-1408) wife of Louis de Valois, Duke of Orléans
- Valentina GrizodubovaSoviet aviator (1909-1993)
- Valentina ZenereArgentinian actress, model and singer esposa de Atilioborn 1997
Characters named Valentina: Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Marvel Comics).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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