Given name & surname
Valerio
“one who is strong and healthy”
Valerio is a variant of Valerian. One Latin interpretation is “one who is strong and healthy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Valerio is a variant of Valerian. One Latin interpretation is “one who is strong and healthy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Valerio is a variant of Valerian. An origin associated with Valerian is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Valerio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 502
- 502 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #5,375 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +117%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,375 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 117.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,409 as a first name in 2020; 13,525 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.
Valerio’s family of names
Valerio has a related form in Valerian. In Italian usage, Valerio has a conventional equivalent in the German form Valerius. In Italian usage, Valerio has a conventional equivalent in the French form Valère.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Valerio has relatives in 11 languages.
13 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Valerio
- Valerio ZurliniItalian film director and screenwriter (1926–1982)
- Valerio FioriItalian footballer (born 1969)
- Valerio Massimo ManfrediItalian writer and archaeologist (born 1943)
- Valerio AspromonteItalian fencerborn 1987
- Valerio MastandreaItalian actor (born 1972)
- Valerio ContiItalian cyclistborn 1993
- Valerio PerentinItalian rower (1909–1998)
- Valerio AdamiItalian painter (born 1935)
- Valerio AgnoliItalian road bicycle racerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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