Valeria (given name)
Appearance
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Latin nomen Valerius |
Region of origin | Italy |
Valeria or Valéria is a female given name dating back to the Latin verb valere, meaning strong, brave and healthy "to be strong".
List of people with the given name Valeria
Religion
- Valeria of Milan, or Saint Valeria, Christian martyr (1st or 2nd century)
- Valeria, a Christian saint martyred with Anesius
Roman history
- Valeria (wife of Sulla), the fourth wife of Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla
- Valeria Maximilla, Roman empress as the wife of Emperor Maxentius
- Valeria Messalina, Roman empress as the third wife of Emperor Claudius
Arts and entertainment
- Valeriya, Russian pop star
- Valeria Bertuccelli, Argentine film and television actress
- Valeria Cavalli, Italian actress
- Valeria Ciangottini, Italian actress
- Valeria Diaz, Argentine actress and singer
- Valeria Gastaldi, Argentine singer
- Valeria Golino, Italian-Greek film and television actress
- Valeria Kozlova, Russian musician also known as Lera Kozlova
- Valeria Marini, Italian model, actress, showgirl and fashion designer
- Valeria Morales, Puerto Rican singer and actress
- Valeria Moriconi, Italian actress
- Valeria Solarino, Italian actress
- Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian-French actress
- Valeria Lukyanova, Ukrainian model, best known as Human Barbie.
Business
- Valeria Lipczynski (1846–1930), American businesswoman
Military, space, and government
- Valeria Alessandrini (born 1975), Italian politician
- Valeriya Gnarovskaya, Soviet military hero
- Valeria Valente (born 1976), Italian politician and lawyer
Sports
- Valeriya Gansvind (born 1965), Estonian chess player
- Valeria Kleiner, German football player
- Valeria Lyulyaeva, Russian rower
- Valeria Solovieva, professional Russian tennis player
- Valeria Spälty, Swiss curler
- Valeria Starygina, Russian ice dancer
- Valeria Zenkova, Russian ice dancer
Fictional characters
- Valeria, a character in Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
- Valeria (Conan the Barbarian), character in the stories and films concerning Conan the Barbarian
- Valeria Meghan Von Doom (née Richards), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
- Valeria Watt, a character in Carry On Screaming! played by Fenella Fielding
- Valeria, a deserting soldier in the first Suikoden game
- Valeria: a fictional character in the Mexican telenovela El Cuerpo del Deseo
- Valeria: a fictional detective in the novel The Law and the Lady
- Valeria Ferrer, a character in the telenovela Carrusel
- Valeria Ferriz, a character in Elisabet Benavent's book series Valeria
See also
- Valeriya, Russian singer
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