Valerija
Just 28 women in Poland carry it, and no girl has been given it in over two decades. Latin at root, it means strong and healthy. Most Poles have never met one.
Valerija Pronunciation
What Valerija means
Where Valerija comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Valerija grows from the Latin verb valere, meaning "to be strong, to be healthy." Roman families used the name Valerius long before it took a feminine shape. The short meaning holds that root close: strong, healthy.
In Poland the name arrives with a small household of relatives. Waleria is the variant a clerk would enter on a form at the urząd. Walery is the masculine form, the same root wearing a different ending.
The name has a documented Polish bearer. Waleria Tarnowska, born 1782, was a countess and diarist who kept a travel journal from her years in Italy and collected art. Her name sat in noble registers while the meaning, strong and healthy, stayed plain underneath.
Picture the imieniny. A woman named Waleria hears her name read out, and the Latin root valere is still doing its work.
How many people are named Valerija
1 in 805137 women in Poland is named Valerija. 28 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7954 among female names.