Valeria
A rare name on the rise: more girls got it last year than in the quiet years before, and most Poles have still never met one. From Latin, it carries the sense of strong and healthy.
Valeria Pronunciation
What Valeria means
Where Valeria comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Valeria grows from Latin, from the verb "valere," meaning to be strong and to stay in good health. Roman families carried Valerius long before the name took a feminine shape, and that sense of vigor held on. The root means strength.
Italy and Spain kept Valeria close to daily use, and it moved between their languages without losing its Latin footing. Saint Valeria of Milan, an early martyr, gave the name a place on the Christian calendar. Poland recognizes the older spelling Waleria as well, and the masculine Walery stands beside it, sharing the same idea of health and force.
For a Polish reader the meaning arrives as silna, zdrowa: strong and healthy. On an imieniny list at a parish, Waleria sits among the spring saints, a close cousin to Valeria and to Walery.
How many people are named Valeria
1 in 16068 women in Poland is named Valeria. 1,403 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #822 among female names.
Valeria's popularity over time
27 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #461 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2012.
Where parents choose Valeria
Valeria is most popular in Pomeranian, 128% above the national average (16 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lubusz (+69%) and Lower Silesian (+60%). It is least common in Subcarpathian and Lublin, 65% and 59% below average respectively.
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Pomeranian
+128%1 in 9,208 babies
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Lubusz
+69%1 in 12,414 babies
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Lower Silesian
+60%1 in 13,095 babies
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Subcarpathian
−65%1 in 60,283 babies
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Lublin
−59%1 in 51,338 babies
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West Pomeranian
−50%1 in 42,213 babies
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Pomeranian+128% 16 born1 in 9,208 babies+128%
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Lubusz+69% 4 born1 in 12,414 babies+69%
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Lower Silesian+60% 12 born1 in 13,095 babies+60%
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Greater Poland+46% 15 born1 in 14,350 babies+46%
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Lesser Poland+39% 15 born1 in 15,128 babies+39%
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Masovian+30% 22 born1 in 16,103 babies+30%
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Opole−9% 2 born1 in 23,048 babies−9%
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Łódź−17% 5 born1 in 25,344 babies−17%
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Silesian−45% 6 born1 in 37,931 babies−45%
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West Pomeranian−50% 2 born1 in 42,213 babies−50%
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Lublin−59% 2 born1 in 51,338 babies−59%
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Subcarpathian−65% 2 born1 in 60,283 babies−65%
Valeria as a middle name
Valeria is a first name for 1,403 women in Poland and a middle name for another 114, a 92/8 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 621st, between Jola (114) and Elise (113).
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#619 Frida114
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#620 Jola114
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#621 Valeria114
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#622 Elise113
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#623 Lucjanna113