Valentina

Meaning: Strong, healthy
Origin: Latin — Feminine form of Valentine

Girl's name · #35 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Valentina is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1897, it stood at #35 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 65,000 girls have been named Valentina along the way.

Across the states

See where Valentina is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 43 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Valentina is especially popular in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Austria.

#2 in Argentina (2025, through 1 Dec 2025) · #2 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #4 in Mexico (2024) · #8 in Austria (2025) · #21 in Ecuador (2025) · #22 in Spain (2024) · #37 in Switzerland (2025) · #41 in Brazil (2025, through 23 Dec 2025, girls and boys combined) · #78 in France (2025) · #84 in Belgium (2025) · #93 in Slovenia (2025) · #99 in Australia (NSW) (2025) and 12 more.

Famous Valentinas

Valentina Tereshkova — Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937)
Valentina Matviyenko — Russian politician (born 1949)
Valentina Monetta — Sammarinese singer (born 1975)
Valentina Cortese — Italian actress (1923–2019)
Valentina Vezzali — Italian fencer and politician (born 1974)
Valentina Lisitsa — Ukrainian classical pianist
Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans — Italian noble (1371–1408)
Valentina Grizodubova — Soviet aviator (1909–1993)
Valentina Tolkunova — Russian singer (1946–2010)

In stories & tradition

Valentina Allegra de Fontaine — Strange Tales (comics)
Valentina Vostok — DC Comics character
Valentina — Fictional supervillainess in Filipino comics

What Valentinas become

Among 1,744 notable people named Valentina:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.37× more often than among typical names — e.g. Valentina Borok, Ukrainian mathematician (1931–2004).

Twin names

A popular twin pairing with Valentina is Valeria for a girl.

Similar names: Elena · Valeria · Adelina · Liliana · Sienna · Emilia

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