Valentine (name)

Valentine

Pronunciation	/væləntaɪn/
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Latin Valentinus
Meaning	"strong, healthy, brave “
Other names
Nickname(s)	Vale, Val
Related names	Valentin, Valentina, Valentino, Valentini, Val, Valentinian, Bálint Valerius

Valentine is a masculine given name derived from the Roman family name Valentinus, which was derived from the Latin word valens, which means "strong and healthy." Valentine can be considered an English translation or adaptation of the name It was the name of several saints of the Roman Catholic Church. St. Valentine's Day was named for a third-century martyr. The usual feminine form of the name is Valentina.

People with the given name

• Saint Valentine, 3rd century Roman saint
• Valentine of Passau (died 475), Catholic saint, monk, abbot, bishop and hermit
• Pope Valentine (died 827), briefly Roman Catholic pope
• Valentine Abt (1873–1942), American composer and mandolin player
• Valentine Ackland (1906–1969), poet
• Valentine Berriochoa, one of the Vietnamese Martyrs
• Valentine Colasante (born 1989), French ballet dancer
• Valentine de Saint-Point (1875–1953), French poet, playwright and painter
• Valentine Dyall (1908–1985), British actor
• Valentine Fleming, father of author Ian Fleming
• Valentine Holmes (born 1995), rugby league player and American football player
• Valentine Kipketer (born 1993), Kenyan half marathon and marathon runner
• Val Page, British motorcycle designer
• Valentine Tessier (1892–1981), French actress
• Valentine Warner (born 1972), British television chef
• Valentin Glushko, Soviet designer of rocket engines

People with the surname

Actors

• Anthony Valentine (1939–2015), English actor
• Brooke Valentine, actress
• Gary Valentine, actor
• Karen Valentine, American actress and star of Room 222
• Kym Valentine, actress
• Scott Valentine (actor)
• Stacy Valentine, pornographic actress
• Steve Valentine, actor

Artists

• DeWain Valentine (born 1936), American sculptor
• Edward Valentine, sculptor
• James Valentine (photographer)

Businesspeople

• Alexander Valentine, Chairman of London Transport from 1959 to 1965
• Brian Valentine, Senior Vice President, e-commerce Platform, Amazon.com
• Don Valentine, businessman
• Elmer Valentine, nightclub owner

Musicians

• Ann Valentine (1762–1842), English organist and composer
• Dickie Valentine, pop singer
• Hilton Valentine, guitarist
• James Valentine (musician)
• James Valentine (Australian musician)
• Kathy Valentine, guitarist
• Kid Thomas Valentine, trumpeter
• Robert Valentine (composer) (c. 1671–1747)

Politicians

• Daniel Mulford Valentine (1830–1907), Kansas politician and judge
• Edward K. Valentine (1843–1916), 19th-century politician
• Emery Valentine (1858–1930), Alaskan politician
• Itimous T. Valentine Sr. (1887–1970), North Carolina politician and judge
• John K. Valentine (1904–1950), Iowa politician
• John L. Valentine (fl. 1970s–2010s), Utah politician
• Hugh Valentine (1848–1932), New Zealand Member of Parliament
• Lewis Valentine (1893–1986), Welsh politician and activist
• Rob Valentine (born 1950), Lord Mayor of Hobart
• Tim Valentine (1926–2015), North Carolina politician

Scientists

• David H. Valentine (1912-1987), British botanist
• James W. Valentine, American evolutionary biologist

Sportspeople

• Alf Valentine, cricketer
• Bobby Valentine, former manager of Japanese baseball team Chiba Lotte Marines and former manager of the MLB team Boston Red Sox
• Bryan Valentine, cricketer
• Carl Valentine, footballer
• Cheryl Valentine, Scottish field hockey midfielder
• Chris Valentine, hockey player
• Darnell Valentine, basketball player
• Dave Valentine Scottish rugby union and rugby league footballer
• Ellis Valentine, baseball player
• Greg Valentine, wrestler
• Howard Valentine, track and field athlete
• John Valentine
• Johnny Valentine, wrestler
• Josh Valentine, rugby footballer
• Rob Valentine Scottish rugby union and rugby league footballer
• Ryan Valentine, footballer
• Scott Valentine (ice hockey)
• Vincent Valentine (cricketer)

Others

• George Valentine (disambiguation)
• Helen Valentine (1893-1986), founder of Seventeen magazine
• Herbert J. Valentine (1917–1996), American Marine officer, flying ace and Navy Cross recipient
• Jean Valentine, poet
• Jean Valentine (bombe operator)
• Jo Valentine, pseudonym of Charlotte Armstrong
• Jo Valentine, Baroness Valentine
• Lewis J. Valentine (1882–1946), Police Commissioner of New York City
• Penny Valentine (1943–2003), music critic
• Phil Valentine, radio host
• Robert M. Valentine, a business partner of Rowland Hussey Macy
• Tsakane Valentine, soprano
• William Orison Valentine (1862–1928), missionary

Fictional characters

• Aubrey Valentine, minor character from the British soap opera EastEnders
• Beka Valentine, Andromeda
• Billy Ray Valentine, from the film Trading Places, played by Eddie Murphy
• Calvin Valentine, Hollyoaks
• Carmel Valentine, Hollyoaks
• Cat Valentine, character from the television series Victorious
• Cat Valentine, character from the television series Sam & Cat
• Charity Hope Valentine, Sweet Charity
• Diane Valentine, Hollyoaks
• Dick Valentine, fictional radio call-in show host, National Lampoon
• Eddie Valentine, from the film The Rocketeer portrayed by Paul Sorvino
• Elphelt Valentine, playable character in the video game Guilty Gear Xrd
• Emily Valentine, on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210
• Esther Valentine, The Young and the Restless
• Funny Valentine, in "Steel Ball Run", the 7th arc of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
• Faye Valentine, Cowboy Bebop
• Isabella "Ivy" Valentine, from the videogame Soul Calibur
• Jill Valentine, from the videogame and film Resident Evil
• Jimmy Valentine, the main character in O. Henry's short story "A Retrieved Reformation" and a number of movies based on it
• Keith Valentine, vampire in the game Shadow Hearts
• Kenneth Valentine, protagonist of The Golden Globe by John Varley
• Luke and Jan Valentine, in the Hellsing (TV series) anime
• Leo Valentine, in the soap opera Hollyoaks
• Mai Valentine, alternative name of Mai Kujaku, character of Yu-Gi-Oh!
• Nick Valentine, a synth private detective and available companion in Fallout 4
• PC Roger Valentine, in the television series The Bill
• Ramlethal Valentine, playable character in the video game Guilty Gear Xrd
• Richmond Valentine, antagonist of Kingsman: The Secret Service
• Sasha Valentine, in the soap opera Hollyoaks
• Scarlet Valentine, in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
• Shirley Valentine, from the play of the same name
• Skeeter Valentine, from the Nickelodeon cartoon Doug
• Sonny Valentine, in the soap opera Hollyoaks
• Vincent Valentine, from the video games Final Fantasy VII and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
• Valentine D'Artagnan, protagonist of La Femme Musketeer
• Valentine Coverly in Tom Stoppard's play Arcadia
• Valentine Michael Smith, in Robert Heinlein's novel Stranger in a Strange Land
• Valentine de Villefort, in The Count of Monte Cristo
• Valentine Wannop, in Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End tetralogy
• Valentine Warleggan, in the Poldark novels by Winston Graham
• Valentine Wiggin, from the Ender's Game book series by Orson Scott Card
• Valentine, in William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona
• Valentine, gentleman of Orsino in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
• Valentine, in the medieval romance Valentine and Orson
• Valentine, the protagonist of Robert Silverberg's Lord Valentine's Castle
• Valentine, juggler in the film MirrorMask
• Valentine Morgenstern, the primary antagonist in Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments series
• Valentine, in the video game Guilty Gear 2: Overture
• Valentine, a playable character in the video game Skullgirls
• Valentine, in the original 2015 Edinburgh cast of Love Birds: the musical, played by Ruth Betteridge

Name variants

• Balendin (Basque)
• Валентин Valentìn, Валю Valyu, Вальо Valyo, Валедин Vàledin (Bulgarian)
• Bálint (Hungarian)
• Folant (Welsh)
• Valentino, Tino (Italian)
• Ualan (Scottish Gaelic)
• Val (English)
• Βαλεντίνος (Valentinos) (male), Βαλεντίνα (Valentina) (female) (Greek)
• Valentijn (Dutch)
• Valentín (Slovakian), Spanish
• Valentin (Bulgarian), (Croatian), (Czech), (French), (German), (Romanian), (Russian), (Scandinavian), (Slovenian)
• Valentino, Valentina (Italian)
• Valentyn (Ukrainian)
• Vali, Valentin (Romanian)
• Walenty (Polish)
• Valentim, Valentina (Portuguese)
• Βαλεντίνη (female) (Greek)

See also

• Justice Valentine (disambiguation)