Valentine

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Origin: Latin

Meaning: from Roman cognomen Valentinus derived from Latin valens meaning "strong, healthy, vigorous". It's a masculine name in Latin, but it's the French feminine form of Valentinus.


Variants:

• Valentinus (Ancient Roman)
• Valens (Ancient Roman)
• Valentin (French, Romanian, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian)
• Valentyn (Ukrainian)
• Balendin (Basque)
• Valentijn (Dutch)
• Valentín (Spanish, Slovak)
• Valentino (Italian)
• Folant (Welsh)
• Ualan (Scottish)
• Walenty (Polish)

Feminine forms:

• Valentina (Ancient Roman, Italian, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Spanish)
• Walentyna (Polish)
• Valentyna (Ukrainian)