Valentin

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Valentino in IT Italy and Валентин in KZ Kazakhstan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Valentin is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name848K records spelled Valentin37 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Valentino, Valentín, Valentinus, Vàlentin, Valentiño

• Russian given name280K records spelled Valentin148 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Poland

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian

  Also written Валентин, Valentyn, Walenty, Valiantsin, Valis

• Romanian given name61K records spelled Valentin4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, Moldova, United States, Spain

  Also written Valentín

• a separate given name26K records spelled Valentin4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Russia, Romania

  Also written Valentín, Valenti-N, Valentiń

• Finnish given name19K records spelled Valentin6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States, Romania

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Valentín, Vàlentin, Valentìn

• Danish given name11K records spelled Valentin5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Iceland

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Valentín

• Lao given name5.0K records spelled Valentin31 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Peru

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Valentine, Valentín, วาเลนไทน์, วาเลนติน, วาเล็นติน

85 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Valentin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, From Latin Valentinus 'strong, healthy'; invoked here against convulsions.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, From Latin Valentinus, from valens 'strong, healthy'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• From Latin. See ) Valentine in “main dictionary. Feminine form: Valentina. Vasco J Contracted form of the medieval Spanish personal name Velasco or Belasco, from which is derived the surname Veldsquez. The modern name has the same form as the Spanish adjective vasco ‘Basque’. Vicente $ From Latin. See ) Vincent in main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In French, du nom latin Valentīnus, dérivé de valens « fort, robuste, vigoureux »

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• In French, Du latin Valentinus, dérivé de valens, « fort, sain ». Fête: 14 février.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 124 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Charles-Valentin Alkanb. 1813FRFrench composer and pianist (1813–1888)
• Valentin Serovb. 1865RURussian painter (1865–1911)
• Marcel Proustb. 1871FRnot in their usual nameFrench novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
• Jules Ernest Séraphin Valentin Rimetb. 1873FRfounder of association football institutions (1873–1956)
• Valentin Glushkob. 1908UASoviet rocket engineer (1908-1989)
• Valentin Ivanovb. 1934RUSoviet and Russian footballer and football coach (1934-2011)
• Valentin Silvestrovb. 1937UASoviet and Ukrainian pianist and composer (b. 1937)
• Til Schweigerb. 1963DEnot in their usual nameGerman actor
• Kungsb. 1996FRnot in their usual nameFrench DJ and record producer
• ValentinusEGnot in their usual nameEgyptian gnostic theologian (c.100–c. 160)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,462 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Valentin?

We estimate roughly 251 thousand people bear Valentin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Valentin have the most bearers?

Valentin is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled valentin.

How common is Valentin compared with other names?

In Argentina, Valentin is the 136th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Valentin a male or female name?

Valentin is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Valentin mean?

Recorded meaning: from Lat Valentinus, a derivative of valens ‘strong, healthy’, name of a 3rd-century Roman saint and martyr; first attested Valentinus 1198 Cur (W).