Comments for VALERIA:

Note: This name rhymes with Malaria!

-- lunalovegood  1/17/2006

Beautiful and sophisticated.

-- tmarie  3/17/2006

It's very surprising to see this name rising in popularity so quickly! I wonder why it's becoming so popular in the US. Valeria is also a Russian name whose standard nickname is Lera (Le-ra with a soft l' sound and e as in pet).

-- HebrideanBlack  5/25/2006

I LOVE THIS NAME! I first heard the name from the actress Valeria Golino who I think is so sexy. I got mixed reviews though from the people that I told that I like it. This woman who was originally from the Ukraine that I used to work with I told her I like that name and she couldn't believe it! She thought that the name was just as beautiful as I did! Which made me happy. But I told my Auntie and she said it sound like a malaria or some disease. I planned on naming my daughter Valeria Damaris, I adore it but I am afraid my little girl would get picked on. =(

-- Anonymous User  6/22/2006

Valeria Messalina, notoriously promiscuous wife of Roman emperor Claudius.

-- Kosta  6/30/2006

Valeria Raquel Mazza (born February 17, 1972) is an Argentine fashion supermodel.

-- sweetbabe  11/15/2006

My name is Valeria and I live in the Netherlands. I used to wish my parents had called me something more conventional, but now I am very satisfied with my name. I find it original and very feminine. So don't worry about your kid being picked on, it's unlikely that will happen.

-- valeria  1/7/2007

It could be a short form of "Valeriana".

-- iva_toneva  4/28/2007

Sorry, but this name sounds like a disease.

-- mum2bubba  9/1/2007

As pretty as it looks, it sounds a lot like malaria to me.

-- Lizdebiz  10/30/2007

I would like it better if it was pronounced val-RAY-uh.

-- FMRadio  3/18/2008

I prefer this name to the overused and rather ditzy-sounding Valerie. This is much prettier. I don't believe this word is supposed to be prounounced like 'malaria'. In other languages than English, this certainly isn't pronounced much like it. But come on, ''muh-LA-ree-uh'' as opposed to ''vu-LEE-ree-uh''? Sure, there's a similarity, but at least not halfway through.

-- slight night shiver  5/11/2008

Sorry, but to me, this name sounds very pretentious and "ditzy" - like a none-too-bright, pretty, poor-little-rich-girl type. Plus it rhymes with "malaria" - how could you possibly go through life with a name that reminds people of a disease?!

-- Sophannagh  8/3/2008

Valeria is pronounced vah-LEH-ryah not bah-LE-ryah. Some may mispronounce it, but it is still read vah-LEH-ryah. There is no 'b' present.

-- Elianita  12/15/2008

This name reminds me a lot of the word malaria.

-- Anonymous User  12/21/2008

Valeria is the name of Reed Richards's daughter from the Fantastic Four series.

-- ICEyun  2/25/2009

I met a girl one time who had this name, she was Peruvian, and she pronounced it va-LE-RI-uh, with a Spanish R.

-- baileymarissa  2/26/2009

I know someone who has a friend with this name. Her short name is Vali. I like it.

-- dangergirl  7/12/2009

Comments for VALÉRIA:

Valéria is Slovak form.

-- Emilie007  9/5/2008

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