Valerie

French variation of Valeria

"strength, health"

Valerie Origin and Meaning

The name Valerie is a girl's name of French origin meaning "strength, health".

The name of a martyred medieval saint, Valerie has been on the popularity list since its earliest publication in 1880. Though it peaked in the 1960s, remaining in the Top 100 until 1988, it still doesn't sound terminally dated; the association with the word valor gives it a sense of boldness and makes it one of the special group of girl names that mean strong.

The original name Valeria, came into use in the 1890s, followed soon after by the French form Valerie, which rapidly became the more accepted form. In the 2011 werewolf update of Red Riding Hood, Red was given the name Valerie.

Valerie Rank in US Top 1000

# 144 in the US

Valerie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 275 on Nameberry

Valerie Popularity

• 144 US 2023
• 275 Nameberry 2024
• 172 Canada 2023
• 336 Future 2028
• 950 England 2018
• 242 Germany 2016
• 125 Netherlands 2015
• 29 Austria 2023

20 Names Similar to Valerie

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Valerie.

• Veronica
• Vanessa
• Valeria
• Mallory
• Natalie
• Miranda
• Sylvia
• Irene
• Noelle
• Serena
• Valentina
• Rosalie
• Sabrina
• Vivian
• Rhiannon
• Estelle
• Roxanne
• Victoria
• Leah
• Diana

Famous People Named Valerie

• Saint Valerie of Limoges French martyr and associate of Saint Martial.
• Valerie Anne Bertinelli American actress.
• (Marie) Valerie Mathilde Amalie Archduchess and Princess Imperial of Austria.
• Valerie Cruz American actress.
• Valerie Kathryn Harper American actress.
• (Valerie) June Carter Cash American singer and wife of Johnny Cash.
• Valerie Simpson American songwriter of duo Ashford & Simpson
• Valerie June Jarrett American businesswoman and presidential adviser
• Valerie Elise Plame former U.S. CIA agent.
• Valerie Doris Gresham daughter of American singer Solomon Burke.
• Valerie Ritchie Perrine American actress.
• Valerie Kasanita Adams New Zealand Olympic shot putter.
• (Babette) Valerie Louise Hobson Anglo,Irish actress
• Valerie Ann Amos Baroness Amos, British politician and UN diplomat
• Valerie Solanas American radical feminist.
• Valerie Anne Poxleitner Bokan aka Lights Canadian singer,songwriter.
• Valerie Leon English actress
• Valerie Mahaffey American actress
• Valérie Kaprisky French actress

Valerie in Pop Culture

• Valerie main character in the movie Red Riding Hood
• Valerie Hawthorne character in the Ace Attorney series.
• Valerie Tulle character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries".
• Valerie gym leader in the Pokemon series.
• Valerie Grey character in "Danny Phantom".
• Valerie Da Vinci character in "Despicable Me 3"
• Valerie “Val” Leftman, character in “Hate List”
• "Valerie" song by Amy Winehouse.
• "Valerie" song by The Weeknd.
• "Valerie" song by Steve Winwood
• "Valleri " song by The Monkees
• Valerie Malone character on the TV series "Beverly Hills 90210" which ran from 1990 to 2000, played by Tiffani,Amber Thiessen