Walentin
Fewer than two dozen men in Poland carry it, and no boy has been given it since 2000. From Latin, meaning strong and healthy, it stands as a rarer cousin of Walenty.
Walentin Pronunciation
Walentin is pronounced vah-LEN-teen (/vaˈlɛntin/).
What Walentin means
Where Walentin comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Walentin comes from Latin. The root is the verb valere, meaning to be strong and in good health. From it the Romans formed the name Valentinus, and a man called by it was, in the plain sense of the words, someone strong and well.
The same root reaches English through other doors. The words valid and value descend from valere, so Walentin shares a grandparent with them. In Polish the name settled into the everyday form Walenty, which parish records and calendars carry more often than the fuller Walentin.
There is a feminine form too. Walentyna turns the name toward a daughter and keeps the meaning intact. Picture the class register on the first day of school, a teacher reading Walentin aloud before the surname. The name promises nothing mystical. It says mocny, silny, zdrowy: strong and healthy.
How many people are named Walentin
1 in 1067309 men in Poland is named Walentin. 20 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #10118 among male names.
Walentin as a middle name
Walentin is a first name for 20 men in Poland and a middle name for another 13, a 61/39 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2714th, between Vǎn (13) and Waqar (13).
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#2712 Uzoma13
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#2713 Vǎn13
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#2714 Walentin13
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#2715 Waqar13
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#2716 Waseem13