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Valery
OriginRussian form of Valerius, Roman
Meaning"strong, health"
GenderBoy
NB Rank#5848
On Nameberry
About Valery
Variation of Valerian
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
Famous Valerys
- Valery Abisalovich Gergiev
Russian conductor
- Valery Shotayevich Meladze
Russian pop singer
- Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev
Russian pop singer
- Valery Alekseyevich Muratov
former speed skater from the USSR
- Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing
President of France
- Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi
Ukrainian Soviet football manager
- Valery Alekseyevich Legasov
Russian scientist and Chernobyl investigator
Valery in pop culture
- Valéry
while generally a cognate of the female Valérie, it can also be a cognate of Walaric(us) (English: Walric), a Germanic name signifying “foreign power," as in the case of Walric, abbot of Leuconay.
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