Given name & surname
Valeri
“strong and valiant”·“one who is strong and healthy”
Valeri is a variant of Valerie. In Latin use, Valerie carries the interpretation “strong and valiant.” Valeri is a variant of Valerian. One Latin interpretation is “one who is strong and healthy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Valeri is a variant of Valerie. In Latin use, Valerie carries the interpretation “strong and valiant.” Valeri is a variant of Valerian. One Latin interpretation is “one who is strong and healthy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Valeri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,940
- 0 boys · 1,940 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 55 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #10,060 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,060 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 55 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,671 as a first name in 2020; 1,009 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.
Valeri’s family of names
Valeri has a related form in Valerie. In English usage, Valeri has a conventional equivalent in the German form Valerie. Valeri has a related form in Valerian.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Valeryequivalent
- Valequivalent
- Valerioequivalent
- Валерийequivalent
- Валериequivalent
- Valèreequivalent
- Valeriuequivalent
- Waleriuszequivalent
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People named Valeri
- Valeri PolyakovSoviet and Russian cosmonaut1942–2022
- Valeri KharlamovSoviet ice hockey player (1948–1981)
- Valery KubasovSoviet Cosmonaut (1935-2014)
- Valeri BojinovBulgarian footballerborn 1986
- Valeri LiukinSoviet-Kazakh artistic gymnast and coach (born 1966)
- Valery Bolotoveastern Ukrainian political figure (1970—2017)
- Valeri VasilievSoviet ice hockey player (1949–2012)
- Valeri Popenchenkoboxer (1937–1975)
- Valeri QazaishviliGeorgian footballerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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