Valle

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Vallé in US United States and Vällë in GT Guatemala.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 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◐

Valle is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname212K records spelled Valle19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Colombia, Canada, Spain

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Vallé, Val'Le, Vällë, Vallë, Vällê

• a separate name26K records spelled Valle2 spellings in the group

  Also written Vallé

• a separate name21K records spelled Valle3 spellings in the group

  Also written Vallé, Vallè

• Hindi name9.6K records spelled Valle5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India

  Also written ́valle, Vallé

• Italian surname8.7K records spelled Valle9 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Bale, Vallè, Vallé, Bàlé, Vaĺle

92 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●

Valle 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 Italian, do latim vallis, vale; indica origem de um vale

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Latin, ablative singular of vallis (“valley”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Albanian, folk dance (people holding each other's hands and going in circle)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Asturian, valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Dutch, singular present subjunctive of vallen

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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 1901–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Pietro Della Valleb. 1586ITItalian explorer and composer (1586-1652)
• Ramón del Valle-Inclánb. 1866ESSpanish author (1866-1936)
• Marcos Valleb. 1943BRBrazilian musician and singer
• Luís Miguel Cintrab. 1949PTnot in their usual namePortuguese actor, screenwriter
• Diego Della Valleb. 1953ITItalian businessman and the President and CEO of the Italian leather goods company, Tod's
• Javivib. 1961ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actor
• Daniel Graob. 1976ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actor
• Chencho Corleoneb. 1979USnot in their usual namePuerto Rican singer (born 1979)
• Gonzalo Valleb. 1996ECEcuadorian footballer
• Álex Valleb. 2004ESSpanish association football player

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 · 260 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Valle?

We estimate roughly 114 thousand people bear Valle (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Valle have the most bearers?

Valle is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled valle.

What does the name Valle mean?

Recorded meaning: from the valley; principal place: Ciudad de Mexico, Panama, Ouro Preto, Rio das Mortes, Minas Gérais