Meaning, origin and history of the name Valentina

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Gender Feminine

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

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

Pronounced Pron. va-lehn-TEE-na(Italian)

və-lyin-TYEE-nə(Russian)

ba-lehn-TEE-na(Spanish)

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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(German) Valentin(Croatian) Valentin(Bulgarian) Valentin(Macedonian) Valentin(Slovene) Valentin(Romanian) Valentín(Spanish) Valentinus(Ancient Roman)

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

Same SpellingValentína, Valentīna

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Images

Valentina Tereshkova (1963)

People think this name is

youthful formal upper class wholesome refined strange complex nerdy

Name Days

Bulgaria: February 10

Croatia: July 25

Croatia: November 21

Greece: February 14

Latvia: January 30 (as Valentīna)

Russia: February 23

Russia: July 29

Slovakia: October 11 (as Valentína)

Valentina