Valentine (given name)
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Valentine is a primarily masculine given name derived from the Roman family name Valentinus, which was derived from the Latin word valens, which means "strong and healthy." Valentine was the name of several saints of the Roman Catholic Church. St. Valentine's Day was named for a third century martyr. The name is in occasional use for girls in France
. The usual feminine form of the name is Valentina
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The usual feminine form of the name is Valentina
Valentina
Valentina may refer to:* Valentina , a female given name* Valentina , Valentina Nicholaevna Sanina Schlee, Russian fashion designer* Elizabeth Miklosi aka Valentina, American professional wrestler...
.
People with the given name Valentine
- Valentine (writer), the pseudonym of Archibald Thomas Pechey
- Saint ValentineSaint ValentineSaint Valentine is the name of several martyred saints of ancient Rome. The name "Valentine", derived from valens , was popular in Late Antiquity...
, the name of several martyred saints of ancient Rome - Pope ValentinePope ValentinePope Valentine, , pope for thirty or forty days in 827, was a Roman by birth, and, according to the Liber Pontificalis, was first made a deacon by Paschal I...
- Valentine Berriochoa, one of the Vietnamese MartyrsVietnamese MartyrsThe Vietnamese Martyrs, also known as the Martyrs of Tonkin, Martyrs of Annam , Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions , or Martyrs of Indochina, are saints on the Roman Catholic calendar of saints canonized by Pope John Paul II...
- Valentine DyallValentine DyallValentine Dyall was an English character actor, the son of veteran actor Franklin Dyall. Dyall was especially popular as a voice actor, due to his very distinctive sepulchral voice, he was known for many years as "The Man in Black", narrator of the BBC Radio horror series Appointment With Fear.In...
, actor - Val PageVal PageValentine Page was a British motorcycle designer born in 1892. Described as Britain's greatest motorcycle designer, he worked for most of the leading marques, including Ariel, Triumph, and BSA. He died in 1978.-J.A Prestwich:...
, British motorcycle designer - Val KilmerVal KilmerVal Edward Kilmer is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! , then the cult classic Real Genius , as well as blockbuster action films, including a supporting role in Top Gun and a...
, American actor - Valentine FlemingValentine FlemingMajor Valentine Fleming, DSO was a British Conservative Member of Parliament who was killed in World War I.-Early years:...
, father of Ian FlemingIan FlemingIan Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer.Fleming is best known for creating the fictional British spy James Bond and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character, one of the biggest-selling series of fictional books of...
, best known for writing the James Bond series.
People with the surname Valentine
- Alf ValentineAlf ValentineAlfred Louis Valentine, April 28, 1930–11 May 2004 , was a West Indian cricketer in the 1950s and 1960s. He is most famous for his performance in the West Indies' 1950 tour of England, which was immortalised in the Victory Calypso.-The 1950 tour:...
- Alexander ValentineAlexander ValentineSir Alexander Balmain Bruce Valentine OStJ MA , was Chairman of the London Transport Executive from 1959 to 1963 and Chairman of the London Transport Board from 1963 to 1965.-Family:...
, Chairman of London TransportLondon Transport ExecutiveThe London Transport Executive was the organisation responsible for public transport in the Greater London area, UK, between 1948-1962. In common with all London transport authorities from 1933 to 2000, the public name and operational brand of the organisation was London Transport.-Creation:On 1...
from 1959 to 1965 - Ann ValentineAnn ValentineAnn Valentine was an English organist and composer.-Life:Ann Valentine was born on 11 January 1762 in Leicester and christened on 15 March. Her father was the composer John Valentine II. Ann Valentine lived in Belgrave Gate and worked as organist at St Margaret's Church, Leicester until 1834...
(1762–1842), English organist and composer - Anthony Valentine
- Bobby ValentineBobby ValentineRobert John "Bobby V" Valentine is an American professional baseball manager and former player who is currently the manager of the Boston Red Sox. He previously managed the Texas Rangers and New York Mets as well as the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan...
, manager of Japanese baseball team Chiba Lotte Marines - Brian ValentineBrian ValentineH. Brian Valentine is the Senior Vice President, Ecommerce Platform at Amazon.com. Previously he was a senior vice president of the Windows Core Operating System Division at Microsoft where he was responsible for overseeing the development of core Windows technologies such as networking and the...
, Senior Vice President, Ecommerce Platform, Amazon.com - Bryan ValentineBryan ValentineBryan Herbert Valentine was an English cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1933 to 1939....
- Brooke ValentineBrooke ValentineKanesha Nichole Brookes , better known by her stage name Brooke Valentine, is an American R&B singer and former member of the group Best Kept Secret. In 2005, her single "Girlfight" was a hit on the United States single charts....
- Carl ValentineCarl ValentineCarl Howard Valentine is a former professional soccer player and coach who has had a long association with soccer in the Vancouver area ....
- Cheryl ValentineCheryl ValentineCheryl Valentine is a female field hockey midfield player from Scotland. She plays club hockey for Bonagrass Grove, and made her debut for the Women's National Team in 2000. Valentine works as a physiotherapist in Edinburgh. Her sister represented Scotland at gymnastics, her father competed for...
, Scottish field hockey midfielder - Chris ValentineChris ValentineChristopher William Valentine is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach.He began his career in 1978 at St. Louis University. He was taken in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft in the 10th round by the Washington Capitals...
- Darnell ValentineDarnell ValentineDarnell Terrell Valentine is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of Kansas where he was a three-time Academic All-American and was a member of the 1980 Summer Olympics men's basketball team...
- Dave ValentineDave ValentineDavid Donald Valentine was a Scottish representative rugby union and Rugby League World Cup winning footballer, a dual-code rugby international of the 1940s and '50s.-Rugby union:...
Scottish rugby union and rugby league footballer - DeWain ValentineDeWain ValentineDe Wain Valentine is an American minimalist sculptor who was born in Fort Collins, Colorado in 1936. He is best known for his translucent glass, fiberglass and cast polyester resin sculptures having slick surfaces suggestive of machine made objects....
(born 1936), an American sculptor - Dickie ValentineDickie ValentineDickie Valentine was an English pop singer in the 1950s.-Early life:Valentine was born Richard Maxwell , though Valentine was known as Richard Bryce as his mother later married Bryce and gave her young son the same name. He was born in Marylebone, London...
- Don ValentineDon ValentineDonald T. "Don" Valentine is an influential venture capitalist who concentrates mainly on technology companies in the United States. He has been called the "grandfather of Silicon Valley venture capital"...
- Edward ValentineEdward ValentineEdward Virginius Valentine was an American sculptor.-Biography:He was born on November 12, 1838 in Richmond, Virginia. He studied in Europe: in Paris with Couture and Jouffroy, in Italy under Bonanti, and with August Kiss in Berlin. He briefly headed the Valentine Richmond History Center, which...
- Edward K. ValentineEdward K. ValentineEdward Kimble Valentine was a Nebraska Republican politician.-Biography:Born in Keosauqua, Iowa, he attended common schools and learned to become a printer. During the Civil War he was a member in the Union army served in the Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the Sixty-seventh Regiment...
- Ellis ValentineEllis ValentineEllis Clarence Valentine is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1972; playing for the Expos, he was elected a National League All-Star in 1977 and received a Gold Glove Award in 1978...
, baseball player - Elmer ValentineElmer ValentineElmer Valentine was the co-founder of two famous nightclubs on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California: the Whisky a Go Go and The Roxy Theatre.-Early life:Elmer Valentine was born in Chicago on June 16, 1923...
- Emery ValentineEmery ValentineEmery Valentine was an Alaskan politician and the sixth mayor of Juneau, Alaska, from 1908 to 1912 and from 1917 to 1919. He was also a miner, goldsmith, jeweller, assayer, gunsmith, watchmaker, architect, firefighter, and businessman.-Early life:Valentine was born in Dowagiac, Michigan...
- Gary ValentineGary ValentineGary Valentine is an American actor and comedian. He is the older brother of actor Kevin James.-Career:Gary was featured in the movie Comedian, and appeared as Doug Heffernan's cousin Danny on the television show The King of Queens. He's featured in the film Velocity Rules...
- Gary Valentine LachmanGary Valentine LachmanGary Lachman, born December 24, 1955 in Bayonne, New Jersey, is an American writer and musician. Lachman is best known to readers of mysticism and the occult, in the numerous articles and books he has published...
, author and founder member of the band Blondie (then known as Gary Valentine) - Greg ValentineGreg ValentineJohn Wisniski, Jr. is an American professional wrestler, better known as Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. He is the son of wrestler Johnny Valentine.-Training:...
- Hilton ValentineHilton ValentineHilton Valentine is an English musician, who was the original guitarist in the The Animals.-Biography:Valentine was influenced by the 1950s skiffle craze...
- Howard ValentineHoward ValentineHoward Van Nostrand Valentine was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics and in the 1906 Summer Olympics....
- Hugh ValentineHugh ValentineHugh Sutherland Valentine was a 19th century independent conservative Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Waikaia electorate from 1887 to 1890, and then the Tuapeka electorate from 1890 to 1893, when he retired....
(1848–1932), New Zealand Member of Parliament - James Valentine (photographer)James Valentine (photographer)James Valentine was a well-known photographer of Dundee, Scotland. Valentines of Dundee produced Scottish topographical views from the 1860s, and later became internationally famous as the producers of picture postcards.-History:...
- James Valentine (musician)James Valentine (musician)James Valentine is an American musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist for the pop rock group Maroon 5.-Early life:...
- James Valentine (Australian musician)James Valentine (Australian musician)James Valentine is an Australian journalist, musician, and radio and television presenter.As a musician, Valentine has worked with Australian artists such as Kate Ceberano and Joe Camilleri. In 1984 he joined the band Models and played with them until they broke up in 1988...
- James W. ValentineJames W. ValentineJames W. Valentine is an American evolutionary biologist and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley...
, American evolutionary biologist - Jean ValentineJean ValentineJean Valentine is an American poet, and currently the New York State Poet . Her poetry collection, Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965–2003, was awarded the 2004 National Book Award for Poetry....
, America poet - Jean Valentine (bombe operator)Jean Valentine (bombe operator)Jean Valentine was an operator of the bombe decryption device in Hut 11 at Bletchley Park in England, designed by Alan Turing and others during World War II. She was a member of the "Wrens" . She was one of a number of women that worked at Bletchley Park. During this time, she lived in Steeple ...
- Jo Valentine, pseudonym of Charlotte ArmstrongCharlotte ArmstrongCharlotte Armstrong Lewi was an American author. Under the names Charlotte Armstrong and Jo Valentine she wrote 29 novels, as well as working for the New York Times advertising department, as a fashion reporter for Breath of the Avenue , and in an accounting firm.Armstrong Lewi graduated from Vulcan...
- Jo Valentine, Baroness ValentineJo Valentine, Baroness ValentineJosephine Clare Valentine, Baroness Valentine, known as Jo Valentine is a member of the British House of Lords.Valentine was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and St Hugh's College, Oxford, where she read Maths and Philosophy....
- John Valentine
- Johnny ValentineJohnny ValentineJohnny Valentine was a professional wrestler with a career spanning almost three decades. He has been inducted into four halls of fame for his achievements in wrestling...
- Josh ValentineJosh ValentineJosh Valentine is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the ACT Brumbies in the international Super 14 competition. Valentine's usual position is at scrum half...
- Judy ValentineJudy ValentineJudy Valentine , an American singer and actress, was born 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts. While still a teenager, Valentine began singing professionally in local nightclubs...
- Karen ValentineKaren ValentineKaren Valentine is an American actress best-known for her role as the idealistic schoolteacher "Alice Johnson" in the television series Room 222.-Early life:...
, American actress and star of Room 222 - Kathy ValentineKathy ValentineKathy Valentine is the American bass guitarist for the all-girl rock band, The Go-Go's....
- Kid Thomas ValentineKid Thomas ValentineThomas Valentine, commonly known as Kid Thomas was a jazz trumpeter and bandleader.Kid Thomas was born in Reserve, Louisiana and came to New Orleans in his youth. He gained a reputation as a hot trumpet man in the early 1920s. Starting in 1926 he led his own band, for decades based in the New...
- Kym ValentineKym ValentineKym Valentine is a Maltese Australian actress best known for her portrayal of Libby Kennedy in the soap opera Neighbours.-Early and personal life:...
- Lewis ValentineLewis ValentineLewis Edward Valentine was a Welsh politician, Baptist pastor, author, editor, and Welsh-language activist.-Early life:Valentine was born in Llanddulas, Conwy, the son of Samuel Valentine, a limestone quarryman, and his wife Mary...
- Lewis J. ValentineLewis J. ValentineLewis Joseph Valentine was the New York City Police Commissioner from 1934 to 1945, under Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia during the Murder, Inc. era. He was the author of an autobiography Night stick: The autobiography of Lewis J...
, Police Commissioner of New York City - Penny ValentinePenny ValentinePenelope Ann Valentine was a British music journalist, rock critic, and occasional television personality....
- Phil ValentinePhil ValentinePhil Valentine is a conservative talk radio show host in Nashville, Tennessee. He broadcasts daily on , a Cumulus Media Station, from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Central Time. His producer and sidekick, Johnny B. Valentine, is probably best known in Tennessee for leading protests against a state...
- Rob ValentineRob ValentineRob Valentine is the current Lord Mayor of the City of Hobart Local Government Area, in the State of Tasmania, Australia.Valentine is the great-great-grandson of Francis Valentine, who was lord mayor in 1925-26.-References:...
- Rob ValentineRob Valentine (rugby)Rob A. Valentine is a Scottish former rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s, and coach of the 1970s, who at representative level has played rugby union for South of Scotland, and at club level for Hawick RFC, at representative level has played rugby league for Great...
Scottish rugby union and rugby league footballer - Robert M. Valentine, partner of Rowland Hussey MacyRowland Hussey Macy__notoc__Rowland Hussey Macy, Sr. was an American businessman who founded the department store chain R.H. Macy and Company.-Life and career:...
- Ryan ValentineRyan ValentineRyan David Valentine is a Welsh footballer who plays for AFC Telford United as a defender.-Career:Valentine signed for Wrexham on a free transfer after leaving Darlington in the summer of 2006. He played well in the 2006–07 season and got called up to the Wales national football team to face...
- Scott ValentineScott ValentineScott Eugene Valentine is an American actor.-Life and career:Valentine was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, the son of Beverly Ann and Edward Eugene Valentine. He began to pursue acting one year into his college education, attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York...
- Stacy ValentineStacy ValentineStacy Valentine is a former American porn star.-Biography:Adopted by her parents in Tulsa, Oklahoma and married at a young age, Baker posed for Gallery magazine's "Girl Next Door " amateur photo contest. She won the contest, and parlayed this into a follow-up spread in Hustler magazine...
- Steve ValentineSteve ValentineSteven John Valentine is a Scottish actor, singer and magician who has performed on stage and screen, but is best known for his role as the eccentric Nigel Townsend on NBC's crime drama Crossing Jordan...
- Tim ValentineTim ValentineItimous Thaddeus Valentine, Jr. , generally known as Tim Valentine, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina from 1983 to 1995....
- Tsakane ValentineTsakane ValentineTsakane Valentine Maswanganyi is a South African classical soprano who has an active international performance career. She first came to public notice as a member of the world-famous opera band Amici Forever...
- Vincent Valentine (cricketer)Vincent Valentine (cricketer)Vincent Adolphus Valentine - An affable player of the 1930’s, Vincent Valentine was born in Portland, Jamaica on April 4, 1908, and died in Kingston, Jamaica on July 6, 1972, aged 64. He was a fast-medium bowler that never really gave batsmen an easy shot, keeping as he did a perfect length,...
- William Orison ValentineWilliam Orison ValentineWilliam Orison Valentine was an innovative educator and missionary in service of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society...
Fictional characters
- Aubrey Valentine, EastEnders
- Beka Valentine, Andromeda
- Calvin ValentineCalvin ValentineCalvin Valentine is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Ricky Whittle. He arrived in July 2006 as a police officer with his mother and younger siblings and made his final appearance on 21 May 2010 after he was murdered by Theresa McQueen. Whittle...
, Hollyoaks - Charity Hope Valentine, Sweet CharitySweet CharitySweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon. It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria...
- Diane Valentine, Hollyoaks
- Esther ValentineEsther ValentineEsther Valentine is a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actress Kate Linder since April 1982...
, The Young and the Restless - Dick ValentineDick ValentineDick Valentine was a fictional radio call-in show host played by actor and comic Richard Belzer on segments of The National Lampoon Radio Hour, aired on some 600 U.S...
, fictional radio call-in show host, National Lampoon - Faye Valentine, Cowboy Bebop
- Isabella "Ivy" Valentine, a character from the videogame Soul Calibur
- Jill ValentineJill Valentineis a fictional character in the Resident Evil survival horror series by Capcom.Jill is one of the two protagonists of the original Resident Evil game, where she was introduced as a member of the Raccoon Police Department's Special Tactics And Rescue Service , trapped in a secret research complex of...
, a character from the videogame and film Resident Evil - Jimmy Valentine, the main character in O. HenryO. HenryO. Henry was the pen name of the American writer William Sydney Porter . O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.-Early life:...
's short story "A Retrieved ReformationA Retrieved Reformation"A Retrieved Reformation" is a short story by O. Henry , which describes the events which lead up to the reformation of an ex-convict. It was adapted into the film, Alias Jimmy Valentine in 1928, MGM's first all-talking film, which is the latest of three films that have been adapted...
" and a number of movies based on it - Keith Valentine, a vampire in the game Shadow Hearts
- Luke and Jan Valentine, characters of the Hellsing (TV series)Hellsing (TV series)is a Japanese anime television series based on Kouta Hirano's manga series of the same name. The series is directed by Umanosuke Iida, from a screenplay by Chiaki Konaka, and produced by the Gonzo animation studio...
anime - Leo ValentineLeo ValentineLeo Valentine is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Brian Bovell. Despite being on the show for over three years, Leo has not been involved in any major storylines, however does serve as a comedic character. In March 2010, it was announced that...
, Hollyoaks - Mai Valentine, alternative name of Mai Kujaku, character of Yu-Gi-Oh!
- PC Roger Valentine, The Bill
- Sasha ValentineSasha ValentineSasha Valentine is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Nathalie Emmanuel. The character first appeared on-screen on 17 July 2006 as part of the newly introduced Valentine family...
, Hollyoaks - Shirley ValentineShirley ValentineShirley Valentine is a one-character play by Willy Russell. Taking the form of a monologue by a middle-aged, working class Liverpool housewife, it focuses on her life before and after a transforming holiday abroad.-Plot:...
- Skeeter Valentine, from the Nickelodeon cartoon Doug
- Sonny ValentineSonny ValentineSonny Valentine is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Devon Anderson, who played the character between 2006 and 2007 before he was sacked for "time-keeping issues".-Character description:...
, Hollyoaks - Thaddeus ValentineThaddeus ValentineThaddeus Valentine is a fictitious historian of London in the book Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve. Mortal Engines is the first of a four-part series detailing life in an post nuclear war world...
, in the book Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve - Vincent ValentineVincent Valentineis an optional player character in Square Enix's console role-playing game Final Fantasy VII. Designed by Tetsuya Nomura, he also appears in various titles from the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, a series of prequels of and sequels of Final Fantasy VII, and is the protagonist in the third-person...
, a character from the video games Final Fantasy VII and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII - Valentine D'Artagnan, protagonist of La Femme MusketeerLa Femme MusketeerLa Femme Musketeer is a made for television movie produced by Hallmark Entertainment and Larry Levinson Productions, filmed on Draguć in Croatia. It originally premiered on June 20, 2004 on Hallmark Channel.-Plot summary:...
. - Valentine Michael Smith, Man from Mars in Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange LandStranger in a Strange LandStranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after being born on the planet Mars and raised by Martians. The novel explores his interaction with—and...
- Valentine WigginValentine WigginValentine Wiggin is a fictional character in Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game series of novels. She is the older sister of Ender Wiggin.-Biography:...
, Ender's Game book series by Orson Scott Card - Valentine, in William ShakespeareWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
's The Two Gentlemen of VeronaThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaThe Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1590 or 1591. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as his first tentative steps in laying out some of the themes and tropes with which he would later deal in more... - Valentine, gentleman of Orsino in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
- Valentine, Robert Silverberg's Lord Valentine's Castle (see Majipoor seriesMajipoor seriesThe Majipoor series is a series of novels and stories by Robert Silverberg, set on the planet Majipoor. The setting is a mixture of elements of science fiction and fantasy...
) - Valentine, in Neil Gaiman's film MirrorMaskMirrorMaskMirrormask is a 2005 fantasy film from Jim Henson Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Films, and Destination Films. It stars Stephanie Leonidas, Jason Barry, Rob Brydon, and Gina McKee. It is designed and directed by Dave McKean, written by Neil Gaiman from a story they developed together...
- Valentine Morgenstern, in Cassandra Clare's novel series Mortal Instruments
Name variants
- Balendin (BasqueBasque languageBasque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
) - Валентин Valentìn, Валю Valyu, Вальо Valyo, Валедин Vàledin (BulgarianBulgarian languageBulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
) - Bálint (HungarianHungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
) - Folant (WelshWelsh languageWelsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
) - Tino (ItalianItalian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
) - Ualan (Scottish Gaelic)
- Val (EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
) - Valentijn (DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
) - Valentín (Slovakian), SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
- Valentin (BulgarianBulgarian languageBulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
), (CroatianCroatian languageCroatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
), (CzechCzech languageCzech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
), (FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
), (GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
), (RomanianRomanian languageRomanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
), (RussianRussian languageRussian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
), (Scandinavian), (SlovenianSlovenian languageSlovene or Slovenian is a South Slavic language spoken by approximately 2.5 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. It is the first language of about 1.85 million people and is one of the 23 official and working languages of the European Union...
) - Valentino (ItalianItalian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
) - Vali, Valentin (RomanianRomanian languageRomanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
) - Walenty (PolishPolish languagePolish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
)