Val
Appearance
Val is a variant of the feminine given name Valerie or the masculine given name Valentine.
Val may refer to:
People
- Rafael Merry del Val (1865–1930), Spanish Catholic cardinal
- Sean Morley, Canadian professional wrestler with the ring name Val Venis
- Val (sculptor), born Valérie Goutard
Given name
- Val Ackerman (born 1959), American attorney, former basketball player, and first president of the Women's National Basketball Association
- Val A. Browning (1895–1994), American industrialist, philanthropist, and third generation gun innovator
- Val Bennett (died 1991), a Jamaican tenor saxophonist and jazz and roots reggae musician
- Val Doonican (1927–2015), Irish singer
- Val Gielgud (1900–1981), English actor, writer, director and broadcaster
- Val Guest (1911–2006), British film director
- Val Harris (1884–?), Irish football and Gaelic football player
- Val Kilmer (born 1959), American actor
- Val Lewton (1904–1951), American film director
- Val Lehman (born 1943) Australian actress
- Val Mayerik (born 1950), American comic-book and commercial artist, co-creator of Marvel Comics' character Howard the Duck
- Val McDermid (born 1955), Scottish crime novelist
- Val Peterson (1903–1983), American politician and 26th Governor of Nebraska
- Val Valentino (born 1956), American magician, illusionist, and actor
Fictional characters
- Val Armorr, a comic book martial artist known as Karate Kid
- Val Pollard, in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale
- Val Toriello, in the television situation comedy The Nanny
- Valerie Cooper, in the Marvel Comics universe
- Valene Ewing, in the American television series Dallas
- Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, an espionage agent in the Marvel Comics universe
- Darryl's love interest on the U.S. TV series The Office
- The title character in the comic strip Prince Valiant
- A fictional race in Arcanis, a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons game
Places
- Val (Rychnov nad Kněžnou District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic
- Vál, a village in Hungary
- Val, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran
- Val, Italy, a frazione in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Veneto, Italy
- Val, Bhiwandi, a village in Maharashtra, India
Military equipment
- Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies
- AS Val, a Soviet assault rifle
Other uses
- Valley girl or Val, an American stereotype
- Abbreviation of the amino acid valine
- A weapon used in the Indian martial art of Kalarippayattu
Music
- Val, album by Val Doonican