Valeriu

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Valery in US United States, IN India, PE Peru and 7 more, Валерий in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 6 more, Valerii in FR France, PL Poland and ולרי in IL Israel, LV Latvia.

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 5 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◐

Valeriu is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name2.8K records spelled Valeriu3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, Canada

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Valériu

• Spanish given name2.6K records spelled Valeriu4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Romania, United States, Portugal

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Valériu

45 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.

Over time●

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●

• Valeriu Marcub. 1899ROBiographer, poet and writer
• Valeriu Cupceab. 1929MDSoviet actor
• Valeriu Bularcab. 1931ROOlympic wrestler (1931–2017)
• Valeriu Lazarovb. 1935ESdirector and producer of television of Romanian and Spanish origin (1935-2009)
• Valeriu Gagiub. 1938MDFilm director, producer and screenwriter (1938-2010)
• Valeriu Muravschib. 1949MDMoldovan politician (1949-2020)
• Valeriu Ghilețchib. 1960MDMoldovan politician
• Lucas Radebeb. 1969ZAnot in their usual nameSouth African association football player
• Valeriu Strelețb. 1970MDMoldovan politician
• Valeriu Munteanub. 1980MDMoldovan-Romanian politician (born 1980)

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 · 51 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Valeriu?

We estimate roughly 556 thousand people bear Valeriu (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Valeriu have the most bearers?

Valeriu is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled валерий.

How common is Valeriu compared with other names?

In Russia, Valeriu is the 38th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Valeriu a male or female name?

Valeriu is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Valeriu mean?

Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Latin Valerius.