Gender Feminine
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 is the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (1937-), who in 1963 became the first woman to visit space.

Related Names

DiminutivesValya(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  

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 Tereshkova (1963)

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Entry updated June 9, 2023