Given name & surname
Valeria
“strong and valiant”
Valeria is a variant of Valerie. In Latin use, Valerie carries the interpretation “strong and valiant.”
Original LatinValerius
Meaning & origin
What it means
Valeria is a variant of Valerie. In Latin use, Valerie carries the interpretation “strong and valiant.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Valeria is a feminine form of Roman. In Latin usage, Valeria is a feminine form of Valerius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Valeria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 80,157
- 105 boys · 80,052 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 4,212 babies
- 2025
- 1,835
- #162 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,835 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 162 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 3.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 4,206 in 2008. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (392). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 63,605 as a first name in 2020; 232 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.
Valeria’s family of names
In English usage, Valeria shares an earlier linguistic root with Valerie. In English usage, Valeria has a conventional equivalent in the Latvian form VALERIJA. Valeria has a related form in Valerie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Valeria has relatives in 19 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Valeria comes from · 1 name
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 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Valeria
- Valeria Bruni TedeschiItalian and French actress, director, screenwriterborn 1964
- Valeria GolinoItalian model, actress and film directorborn 1966
- Valeria MazzaArgentine modelborn 1972
- Valeria LuiselliMexican writerborn 1983
- Valeria KoblovaOlympic freestyle wrestlerborn 1992
- Valeria RăcilăRomanian rowerborn 1957
- Lera AuerbachSoviet-Russian-born American classical composer and pianistborn 1973
- Valeria MariniItalian model, showgirl and actress (born 1967)
- Valeria SorokinaRussian badminton playerborn 1984
Characters named Valeria: Valeria Richards (Marvel Comics).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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