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Valentine
Pronounced /ˈvæləntaɪn/
Rank in 2024
#3,113
Born in 2024
51
Peak year
2022 · #2956
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for boys:56 in 2024 (#2,436)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 51 girls were named Valentine, about 1 in every 31,631.
- It peaked in 2022 with 56 babies, ranked #2956.
- It first shows up in the records in 1885.
- 2,168 girls have been named Valentine since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Valentine per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 553 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 232 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 182 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 130 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 190 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 276 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 536 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Valentīnus, a patronymic from Valēns (Roman cognomen), itself nominalized from vālens (“strong, healthy”) + -īnus (“-ine”). Doublet of Valentinus, Valentino, Valentina, and Valentini.
- A unisex given name from Latin.
- A male given name from Latin in quiet but steady use since the 16th century.
- A female given name from Latin occasionally borrowed from French.
- An English and Scottish surname derived from the male given name.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈvæləntaɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Valentine, CC BY-SA 4.0.