Valentin

Valentin
Pronunciation	French: [valɑ̃tɛ̃]; German: [ˈvaləntiːn]; Romanian: [valenˈtin]; Spanish: [balenˈtin]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Latin nomen Valentinus
Other names
Related names	Valentín, Valentinus, Valentino, Bálint

Valentin is a male given name meaning "strong, healthy". It comes from the Latin name Valentinus, as in Saint Valentin^{[disambiguation needed]}^{[further explanation needed]}. Commonly found in Romania, France, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Scandinavia etc. Valentin is also used as a surname in Spanish and German speaking-countries.

Given name

Valentin Alexandru (born 1991), Romanian footballer
Valentin Blass (born 1995), German basketball player
Valentin Bondarenko (1937–1961), Soviet fighter pilot
Valentin de Boulogne (before 1591 – 1632), French painter
Valentin Brunel (born 1996), French DJ known as Kungs
Valentín Castellanos (born 1998), Argentine footballer
Valentin Ceaușescu (born 1948), Romanian physicist
Valentin Chmerkovskiy (born 1986), Ukrainian–American ballroom dancer
Valentin Coșereanu (born 1991), Romanian footballer
Valentin Cretu (disambiguation), several people
Valentín Díaz (1845–1916), Filipino patriot
Valentin Dikul (born 1948), Russian circus artist
Valentin Dzhavelkov (born 1968), Bulgarian Olympic pentathlete
Valentín Elizalde (1979–2006), Mexican singer
Valentin Eysseric (born 1992), French footballer
Valentin Friedland (1490–1556), German scholar
Valentin Gapontsev (born 1939), Russian–American billionaire
Valentin Gjokaj (born 1993), Albanian footballer
Valentin Glushko (1908–1989), Soviet rocket engineer
Valentin Grubeck (born 1995), Austrian footballer
Valentin Inzko (born 1949), Austrian diplomat
Valentin Ivanov (disambiguation), several people
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe (born 1941), Congolese philosopher, professor, and author
Valentin Nikolayev (disambiguation), several people
Valentin Olenik (1939–1987), Russian Olympic wrestler
Valentin Parnakh (1891–1951), Russian jazz musician
Valentin Plătăreanu (born 1936), Romanian actor
Valentin Poénaru (born 1932), Romanian–French mathematician
Valentin Prades (born 1992), French Olympic pentathlete
Valentin Roberge (born 1987), French footballer
Valentin Rose (disambiguation), several people
Valentin Rosier (born 1996), French footballer
Valentin Sarov (born 1976), Bulgarian–Qatari weightlifter
Valentin Serov (1865–1911), Russian painter
Valentin Stocker (born 1989), Swiss footballer
Valentin Trujillo (1951–2006), Mexican actor, writer and director
Valentín Vada (born 1996), Argentine footballer
Valentín Viola (born 1991), Argentine footballer
Valentin Yordanov (born 1960), Bulgarian Olympic wrestler
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888), French-Jewish composer and pianist
Hans-Valentin Hube (1890–1944), German Wehrmacht general
Valentin Bosioc (born 1983), Romanian bodybuilder
Valentin Vodnik (1758–1819), Slovenian intellectual, linguist, poet, journalist and editor

Surname

Dave Valentin (1952–2017), American Latin jazz flautist
Isabelle Valentin (born 1962), French politician

Given name

Surname

See also