Valerija

given name · Lithuanian · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Valerija is a given name, most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is the 68th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Lithuanian and Russian, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Valerie.

rarermore common
  • LTLithuania1 in 156◐
  • MDMoldova1 in 178
  • FRFrance1 in 268

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈830K ●

across 12 countries

#151 ●

of 16M given names

8 ●

recorded for this name

Sources
528 ●

6.4M records

Official registry-verified

1 in 156 ◐

Lithuania

Spellings & scripts●

ValeriaLatin · Portuguese●3M records
ВалерияCyrillic · Russian●2.7M records
ולריהHebrew · Hebrew●13K records
ᲕალერიაGeorgian · Georgian●614 records
ΒαλεριαGreek · Greek●256 records
발레리Hangul · Korean●6 records
ՎալերիաArmenian · Armenian●1 records
วาเลอรThai · Thai●1 records

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Valeria in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, MX Mexico and 10 more, Valerie in US United States, FR France, GB United Kingdom and 7 more, Валерия in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and Валерія in UA Ukraine.

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●

a female given name, equivalent to English Valerie

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Valerija is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia#682,601,955980K rec.—#39Валерия176
AR Argentina#1401,258,486741K rec.—3.8KValeria158
UA Ukraine#83537,627537K rec.—listedВалерія77
FR France#55253,035712K rec.1 in 268253KValerie370
MX Mexico#198245,665123K rec.—96Valeria220
GB United Kingdom#144237,391205K rec.—listedValerie197
US United States#197225,7042.3M rec.1 in 1.5K226KValerie528
BR Brazil#148172,077163K rec.1 in 1.2K184KValeria186
CL Chile#163109,29510K rec.—115Valeria127
PE Peru#323103,03763K rec.——Valeria92
CA Canada#16880,21470K rec.—17Valerie222
CO Colombia#13574,22122K rec.—1Valeria143

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • Lithuanian54K49%
  • Russian29K27%
  • Croatian14K13%
  • Hungarian5K5%
  • Latvian1.6K1%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Lithuanian53,59149%
Russian28,71827%
Croatian14,12813%
Hungarian4,9595%
Latvian1,5661%

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◐

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

  • Hungarian given name5.0K records spelled Valerija2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Switzerland

    Also written Valērija

  • German given name2.1K records spelled Valerija7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, Austria, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: German, English, Western Frisian

    Also written Valērija

  • Estonian given name615 records spelled Valerija3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia, Finland, Latvia

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Valērija

  • a separate given name195 records spelled Valerija4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Russia, Latvia, Ukraine

    Also written Valērija, Valerijâ, Valerìja

  • Arabic given name47 records spelled Valerija2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Arab Emirates, Serbia

    Also written Valērija

  • Italian given name37 records spelled Valerija2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Russia, United Kingdom

    Also written Valeriya

  • Indonesian name21 records spelled Valerija3 spellings in the group

    Also written Valērija

28 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●

Valerija is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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●

02040608020002005201020152020

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Valerija in SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023), Sweden, 1999–2020
Yearrecords
199933
200034
200136
200236
200340
200439
200541
200645
200749
200847
200951
201054
201156
201260
201361
201463
201564
201665
201765
201867
201968
202072

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

19501960197019801990Valeria Cavalli, b. 1959Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, b. 1964Valeria Golino, b. 1966Valeriya, b. 1968Valeria Bertuccelli, b. 1970Lera Kudryavtseva, b. 1971Valeria Mazza, b. 1972Lera Auerbach, b. 1973Valeria Luiselli, b. 1983Valeria Kozlova, b. 1988
  • Valeria Cavallib. 1959ITnot in their usual nameItalian actress and model (born 1959)
  • Valeria Bruni-Tedeschib. 1964ITnot in their usual nameItalian and French actress, director, screenwriter
  • Valeria Golinob. 1966ITnot in their usual nameItalian model, actress and film director
  • Valeriyab. 1968RUnot in their usual nameRussian singer
  • Valeria Bertuccellib. 1970ARnot in their usual nameArgentine actress
  • Lera Kudryavtsevab. 1971RUnot in their usual nameactor, singer and TV personality
  • Valeria Mazzab. 1972ARnot in their usual nameArgentine model
  • Lera Auerbachb. 1973USnot in their usual nameSoviet-Russian-born American classical composer and pianist
  • Valeria Luisellib. 1983MXnot in their usual nameMexican writer
  • Valeria Kozlovab. 1988RUnot in their usual nameRussian singer and drummer

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●

Attested in 40 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Valerija
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
LT LithuaniaRegistrų centras — top-50 given names—18K#44
LT LithuaniaRegistrų centras — Populiariausi naujagimių vardai—18K#44
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20082.6K#103
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20092.6K#102
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20102.5K#103
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20112.5K#105
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20122.5K#108
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20132.5K#108
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20142.5K#110
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20152.5K#111
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20162.5K#113
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20172.5K#113

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 123 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Valerija?
We estimate roughly 830 thousand people bear Valerija (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.
In which country does Valerija have the most bearers?
Valerija is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled валерия.
Where is Valerija most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Valerija is densest in Lithuania — about 1 in 156 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.
How common is Valerija compared with other names?
In Russia, Valerija is the 68th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.
Is Valerija a male or female name?
Valerija is a female 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 Valerija mean?
Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Valerie
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Valerija” — the 68th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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