Given name & surname
Vally
“between the mountains”
Vally is a variant of Valley. One American interpretation is “between the mountains.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vally is a variant of Valley. One American interpretation is “between the mountains.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Vally is a variant of Valley. An origin associated with Valley is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vally through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1955. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vally
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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