Valen
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Valen is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Colombia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: third-person plural present indicative of valer.
- COColombia≈1 in 5.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina≈1 in 69K
- ESSpain≈1 in 84K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Colombia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 68 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Colombia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
third-person plural present indicative of valer
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Valen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO Colombia | #736 | ≈8,300 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | — | Valen | 30 |
| US United States | — | 1,293 | 1 in 257K | 859 | Valen | 68 |
| AR Argentina | — | ≈660 est. | ≈1 in 69K | 2 | Valen | 46 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈640 est. | ≈1 in 172K | — | Valen | 18 |
| ES Spain | — | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 84K | 137 | Valen | 47 |
| CL Chile | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 90K | 1 | Valen | 21 |
| UY Uruguay | #796 | ≈90 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Valen | 13 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Valen is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, definite singular of val c (“whale”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In pro, valiant; chivalrous; knightly
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In enm, To (cause to) sink or drop.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Danish, indolent, passive, lazy
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Fartein Valenb. 1887NONorwegian composer (1887–1952)
- Neri Valenb. 1893NONorwegian politician (1893–1954)
- Sverre Valenb. 1925NONorwegian choir conductor
- Inge Valenb. 1951NONorwegian footballer
- Guro Valenb. 1960NONorwegian physician
- Nancy Valenb. 1965USAmerican actress and producer
- Anita Valenb. 1968NONorwegian cyclist
- Monica Valenb. 1970NONorwegian cyclist
- Kristian Valenb. 1974NONorwegian comedian and musician
- Snorre Valenb. 1984NONorwegian musician and politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 859 | #10,360 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 434 | #10,360 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 105 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 102 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 100 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 83 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 77 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 74 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 26 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2023 | 2 | #5,326 |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 2018 | 1 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Valen mean, and where does it come from?
- third-person plural present indicative of valer Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Valen a male or female name?
- Valen is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Valen have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.3 thousand people named Valen in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled valen.
- How common is the name Valen?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,293 people named Valen in 2020, about 1 in 257 thousand residents.
- How common is Valen compared with other names?
- In Colombia, Valen is the 736th most common given name of 106,067 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/valenThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Valen” — the 736th most common given name in Colombia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.