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Valentine
Pronounced /ˈvæləntaɪn/
Rank in 2024
#2,436
Born in 2024
56
Peak year
1918 · #500
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:51 in 2024 (#3,113)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 56 boys were named Valentine, about 1 in every 30,631.
- It peaked in 1918 with 142 babies, ranked #500.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 6,622 boys 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: 2,073 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Silent: 1,239 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 895 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 511 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 483 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 463 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 617 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.