Valentin

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in French: From Latin Valentinus 'strong, healthy'; invoked here against convulsions

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/balɛntin/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Valentin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. In Uruguay it is the 72nd most common given name.

rarermore common
  • RORomania≈1 in 342(inferred from the name graph)
  • UYUruguay≈1 in 1.2K
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 1.7K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Valentin itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈87,000 people, est.

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
367 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 220 (inferred from the name graph)

Moldova

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ValentinLatin(measured from records)
ՎալենտինArmenian(measured from records)
ВалентинCyrillic(measured from records)
ΒαλεντινGreek(measured from records)
ვალენთინGeorgian(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from Lat Valentinus, a derivative of valens ‘strong, healthy’, name of a 3rd-century Roman saint and martyr; first attested Valentinus 1198 Cur (W).

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

How Valentin is read(measured from records)

Valentin is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Spanish50%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Valentin in Spanish.

  • French27%

    From Latin Valentinus 'strong, healthy'; invoked here against convulsions.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

    From Latin Valentinus, from valens 'strong, healthy'.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

    du nom latin Valentīnus, dérivé de valens « fort, robuste, vigoureux »

    as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

    Du latin Valentinus, dérivé de valens, « fort, sain ». Fête: 14 février.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  • English6.1%

    from Lat Valentinus, a derivative of valens ‘strong, healthy’, name of a 3rd-century Roman saint and martyr; first attested Valentinus 1198 Cur (W).

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Valentin 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.

Where Valentin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France—≈87,000 est.≈1 in 778116KValentin12
RO Romania#242≈62,000 est.≈1 in 342157KValentin58
BG Bulgaria—33,015as Валентин1 in 21133K—4
AR Argentina#232≈27,000 est.≈1 in 1.7K6.1KValentin124
ES Spain#26421,7731 in 2.3K23KValentin158
MD Moldova—15,3281 in 22015K—17
SE Sweden—9,8611 in 1K9.9K—29
UY Uruguay#72≈2,700 est.≈1 in 1.2K23Valentin55

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); DEPABD — name-day population snapshot; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); NSI — most common given names (population); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); e-services.md — living population register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Valentin is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name25 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States, Spain

    Also written Valentín, Valentinus, Vàlentin, Val-Entin, Valentìn

  • Russian given name135 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian

    Also written Валентин, Valentyn, Валентін, Валентинс, Валентине

  • Romanian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

    Also written Valentín

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Valentiń, Valenti-N, Valentín

  • Estonian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia, Romania, United States, Russia

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Valentín, Valentìn, Vàlentin

  • Danish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Russia

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic

    Also written Valentín

  • Lao given name31 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Peru

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written Valentine, Valentín, วาเลนไทน์, วาเลนติน, วาเลนทิน

86 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Valentin is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • From Latin. See ) Valentine in “main dictionary. Feminine form: Valentina. Vasco J Contracted form of the medieval Spanish personal name Velasco or Belasco, from which is derived the surname Veldsquez. The modern name has the same form as the Spanish adjective vasco ‘Basque’. Vicente $ From Latin. See ) Vincent in main dictionary.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

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)

18001850190019502000Charles-Valentin Alkan, b. 1813Valentin Serov, b. 1865Marcel Proust, b. 1871Jules Ernest Séraphin Valentin Rimet, b. 1873Valentin Glushko, b. 1908Valentin Ivanov, b. 1934Valentin Silvestrov, b. 1937Til Schweiger, b. 1963Kungs, b. 1996

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Valentin,Hi Valentin, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 123 sources across 57 countries.

Official registers attesting Valentin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—4.6K#1,147
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—4.6K#1,147
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19911.7K—
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—1.1K—

Reference works 9

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

Where does the name Valentin come from?
from Lat Valentinus, a derivative of valens ‘strong, healthy’, name of a 3rd-century Roman saint and martyr; first attested Valentinus 1198 Cur (W). Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
How do you pronounce Valentin?
A machine transcription gives /balɛntin/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Valentin a male or female name?
Valentin is a male 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 Valentin have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 87 thousand people named Valentin in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled valentin.
Where is Valentin most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Valentin is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 220 people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
What does the name Valentin mean?
In French, From Latin Valentinus 'strong, healthy'; invoked here against convulsions.
What are other forms of the name Valentin?
In the etymology graph, Valentino, Val and Valentyn are forms of the same name in other languages; Tin and Tine are recorded short or pet forms.
How common is the name Valentin?
In Spain, the national register counted 21,773 people named Valentin, about 1 in 2.3 thousand residents.
How common is Valentin compared with other names?
In Uruguay, Valentin is the 72nd most common given name of 12,212 given names recorded there.

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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, “Valentin” — the 72nd most common given name in Uruguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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