Valentina

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Gender Feminine
Usage Italian, Russian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene, Romanian, Spanish, Greek, Latvian, Ancient Roman
Scripts Валентина(Russian, Macedonian) Βαλεντινα(Greek)
Pronounced Pron. va-lehn-TEE-na(Italian)
 və-lyin-TYEE-nə(Russian)
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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

VariantValentīna(Latvian)
DiminutivesTina(Italian) Tina(Macedonian) Ina, Inja, Tina, Tinkara(Slovene)
Masculine FormsValentino(Italian) Valentin(Russian) Valentin(Croatian) Valentin(Macedonian) Valentin(Slovene) Valentin(Romanian) Valentín(Spanish) Valentinus(Ancient Roman)
Other Languages & CulturesValentýna(Czech) Valentine(French) Walentyna(Polish) Valentína(Slovak) Valentyna(Ukrainian)
Same SpellingValentína, Valentīna

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Valentina Tereshkova (1963)Valentina Tereshkova (1963)

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