Meaning, origin and history of the name Valentina

Gender Feminine

Usage Italian, Russian, Lithuanian, German, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Albanian, Romanian, Spanish, Greek, Ancient Roman

Scripts Валентина(Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian) Βαλεντίνα(Greek)

Pronounced Pron. va-lehn-TEE-na(Italian) və-lyin-TYEE-nə(Russian) vu-lyehn-tyi-NU(Lithuanian) ba-lehn-TEE-na(Spanish) [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Feminine form of Valentinus (see Valentine 1). A famous bearer was the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (1937-), who in 1963 became the first woman to visit space.

Related Names

DiminutivesTina(Italian) Valya(Russian) Valya(Bulgarian) Tina(Macedonian) Ina, Inja, Tina, Tinkara(Slovene)

Masculine FormsValentino(Italian) Valentin(Russian) Valentinas(Lithuanian) Valentin(German) Valentin(Croatian) Valentin(Bulgarian) Valentin(Slovene) Valentin(Romanian) Valentín(Spanish) Valentinus(Ancient Roman)

Other Languages & CulturesValiantsina(Belarusian) Valentýna(Czech) Valentine(French) Valentīna(Latvian) Walentyna(Polish) Valentína(Slovak) Valentyna(Ukrainian)

Same SpellingValentína, Valentīna

Popularity

People think this name is

classic youthful formal upper class wholesome refined strange complex nerdy

Name Days

Austria: July 25

Bulgaria: February 10

Croatia: July 25

Croatia: November 21

Greece: February 14

Russia: February 23

Russia: July 29

Images

Valentina Tereshkova (1963)

Valentina