Valerie
Meaning of Valerie
Valerie, born of the ancient Roman family name Valerius and carrying the quiet boast of “strength” in its very bones, moves through languages like a silk‐lined kimono—va‐luh‐REE in French salons, VAL-uh-ree in English gardens—yet never mislays her poise; she greets history in the candlelit legend of Saint Valeria, trades wry smiles with mid-century screen legends, and still finds time, according to American crib ledgers, to hover coolly around the nation’s 100-to-150th most-chosen mark for decades (not a bad résumé for three modest syllables). One can almost see her inked in midnight indigo on rice paper, each stroke deliberate, each pause a temple bell: a name both strong and slender, as if bamboo had learned Latin.
Pronunciation
French
- Pronunced as va-luh-REE (/va.lɛ.ʁi/)
English
- Pronunced as VAL-uh-ree (/ˈvæləri/)
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Notable People Named Valerie
| Valerie Plame is an American writer and former CIA officer whose identity was leaked in 2003, sparking a media firestorm she later called mortifying. |
| Dame Valerie Adams is a retired New Zealand shot putter, a two time Olympic and four time world champion who holds Oceanian and New Zealand records with a best of 21.24 meters. |
| Valerie Harper was an American actress best known for playing Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda, earning four Emmys including one for lead actress. |
| Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos - Baroness Valerie Amos is a British Labour politician and diplomat who served as UN humanitarian chief, UK High Commissioner to Australia, and Leader of the House of Lords. |
| Valerie Muriel Rodway was a Guyanese composer who set national poetry to music around the independence of Guyana in 1966, creating patriotic songs taught to schoolchildren for decades. |
| Valerie June Hockett is a Grammy nominated American singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist, and author who blends southern roots with a cosmopolitan mix of folk, rock, country soul, and blues, and is signed to Concord Music Group. |
| Valerie Bertinelli is an American actress and TV personality who rose from child roles to fame in One Day at a Time, earning two Golden Globes and later starring in TV films and the sitcom Sydney. |
| Valerie L Thomas is an American data scientist and inventor who patented the illusion transmitter in 1980 and developed early NASA Landsat image processing formats. |
| Valerie Perrine is a retired American actress who won BAFTA and Cannes awards for Lenny, earned an Oscar nomination, and appeared in Superman, The Electric Horseman, and Superman II. |
| Valerie Brisco-Hooks won three gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, becoming the first athlete to win both the 200 and 400 meter races at a single Olympics. |
| Valerie Bradford is a Canadian Liberal politician who won the Kitchener South-Hespeler seat in 2021 but lost it to Conservative Matt Strauss in 2025. |
| Valerie Le Zimring-Schneiderman is a former American rhythmic gymnast who competed at the 1984 Olympics and finished 11th in the all around. |
| Valerie Higgins is an American professional basketball player who was drafted 25th overall by the New York Liberty in the 2021 WNBA draft. |
| Valérie Pécresse - Valerie Anne Emilie Pecresse is a French politician of The Republicans who has been president of the Ile de France regional council since 2015, after serving as higher education and budget minister and government spokeswoman under Francois Fillon and as an MP for Yvelines. |
| Valérie Plante - Valerie Plante is a Canadian politician who has served as Montreal’s mayor since 2017 and led Projet Montreal from December 2016 to March 2025 after first winning a city council seat in 2013. |
