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View Name: Valentina


VALENTINA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Italian, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
OTHER SCRIPTS: Валентина (Russian, Macedonian)
PRONOUNCED: vah-len-TEE-nah (Italian), vah-lyen-TEE-nah (Russian), vah-leen-TEE-nah (Russian)   [key]
Meaning & History
Feminine form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)). A famous bearer was the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who in 1963 became the first woman to visit space.
Related Names
DIMINUTIVES: Tina (Italian), Tina (Slovene)
MASCULINE FORMS: Valentino (Italian), Valentin (Russian), Valentin (Slovene), Valentin (Croatian), Valentin (Macedonian), Valentin (Romanian), Valentín (Spanish), Valentinus (Ancient Roman)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Valentine (French), Walentyna (Polish), Valentína (Slovak)
Popularity
United States  ranked #152 
Austria  ranked #19 
Catalonia  ranked #81 
Chile  ranked #4 
Croatia  ranked #47 
Italy  ranked #28 
Netherlands  ranked #444 
Slovenia  ranked #61 
Spain  ranked #92 


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