Valerie
Fewer than 150 people in Poland carry it, so most here have never met one. The name comes from Latin, meaning strong, and turns up locally as the variant Waleria.
Valerie Pronunciation
What Valerie means
Where Valerie comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Valerie comes from the Roman family name Valerius, which grew from the Latin verb valere, to be strong and healthy. The Romans carried it as a clan name long before anyone used it for a single child. When it reached English speakers it settled in as a woman's name and took on an English coloring, so many people now hear it as English rather than Roman.
The meaning stays close to the root. Strong, healthy: that is the sense Latin gave it, and it was there from the start. Polish holds a parallel form, Waleria, and reads the name as mocna, odważna.
Poland keeps a Saint Waleria on its calendar, and an imieniny marks the name each spring. Open a school register and Waleria sits among the W names, one small spelling away from the Valerie an English speaker would write.
How many people are named Valerie
1 in 165763 women in Poland is named Valerie. 140 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2778 among female names.
Valerie's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1863 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Valerie as a middle name
Valerie is a first name for 140 women in Poland and a middle name for another 82, a 63/37 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 731st, between Renate (83) and Ilza (81).
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#729 Kama83
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#730 Renate83
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#731 Valerie82
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#732 Ilza81
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#733 Leopolda81