Given name & surname
Valery
“strong and valiant”·“one who is strong and healthy”
Valery is a variant of Valerie. In Latin use, Valerie carries the interpretation “strong and valiant.” Valery is a variant of Valerian. One Latin interpretation is “one who is strong and healthy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Valery is a variant of Valerie. In Latin use, Valerie carries the interpretation “strong and valiant.” Valery is a variant of Valerian. One Latin interpretation is “one who is strong and healthy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Valery is a variant of Valerian. An origin associated with Valerian is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Valery developed from Valeria. In English usage, Valery developed from Valerius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Valery through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,932
- 107 boys · 8,825 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 395 babies
- 2025
- 371
- #744 for girls · #13,752 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +29%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 366 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 744 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 28.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 395 in 2006. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (54). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,338 as a first name in 2020; 520 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.
Valery’s family of names
In English usage, Valery developed from the Latin form Valeria. Valery has a related form in Valerie. In English usage, Valery has a conventional equivalent in the German form Valerie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Valery has relatives in 7 languages.
8 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Valery
- Valery LeontievRussian singerborn 1949
- Valery BryusovRussian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian (1873–1924)
- Valery GerasimovChief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federationborn 1955
- Valery GergievRussian conductor and opera company directorborn 1953
- Valery KarpinEstonian-Russian footballer and manager (born 1969)
- Valery BykovskySoviet cosmonaut (1934-2019)
- Valery LegasovSoviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988)
- Valery ChkalovSoviet aviator, Hero of the Soviet Union (1904-1938)
- Valery GazzaevSoviet footballer and managerborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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