Valery

vu-LEH-ree

Russian form of Valerius, Roman

"strong, health"

Valery Origin and Meaning

Variation of Valerian

Famous People Named Valery

• 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

The name 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.