VALERIAN Gender: Masculine Usage: History Pronounced: və-LIR-ee-ən (English)   [key] From the Roman cognomen Valerianus, which was itself derived from the Roman name VALERIUS. This was the name of a 3rd-century Roman emperor. Several saints also had this name, including a 2nd-century martyr of Lyons.

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