Walentina
Just over a hundred women in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one. A Latin name meaning "strong, healthy", and almost no girls have been given it in years.
Walentina Pronunciation
Walentina is pronounced vah-len-TEE-nah (/valɛnˈtina/).
What Walentina means
Where Walentina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Walentina grows from Latin soil. Its root is the verb valere, meaning to be strong and to be in good health. Latin built valens, powerful, from the same verb. That root gives the name its plain sense, strong and healthy, with no later gloss laid over the top. The masculine walenty shares the same stem, so the two names read as close kin.
The most documented bearer is not Polish. Valentina Tereshkova reached orbit in 1963 and became the first woman in space. She took the Latin valere past the atmosphere.
At home Walentina softens to Wala. The short form fits one call across a room. Read a school register for a girl named Wala and you find Latin valens, strong and healthy.
How many people are named Walentina
1 in 197753 women in Poland is named Walentina. 114 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3190 among female names.
Walentina's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Walentina as a middle name
Walentina is a first name for 114 women in Poland and a middle name for another 20, an 85/15 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1640th, between Tam (20) and Yanina (20).
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#1638 Selwina20
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#1639 Tam20
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#1640 Walentina20
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#1641 Yanina20
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#1642 Yogesh20