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Meaning of the nameValentin

Valentin is a masculine name of Latin origin, a form of Valentinus, derived from Valens, which means "strong, healthy".

Meaning

“form of Valentinus, derived from Valens, "strong, healthy"”

Source: Wiktionary: Valens

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People (2022)
12,196
Rank in Brazil
#1,495
Median age
3 years
2010 Census
4,481
people

Valentin in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valentin, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (7,005 people).

195 women 12,001 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Valentin is most common

States with the highest share of people named Valentin in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.023%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.017%
  3. Paraná 0.011%
  4. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.008%
  5. Mato Grosso 0.008%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2,4970.006%
Rio Grande do Sul2,4640.023%
Santa Catarina1,2820.017%
Paraná1,2350.011%
Rio de Janeiro7900.005%
Bahia7870.006%
Minas Gerais4630.002%
Mato Grosso2940.008%
Pará2920.004%
Espírito Santo2810.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul2310.008%
Maranhão2190.003%
Amazonas2030.005%
Pernambuco1890.002%
Goiás1530.002%
Ceará1390.002%
Sergipe980.004%
Piauí970.003%
Rondônia790.005%
Paraíba720.002%
Alagoas710.002%
Distrito Federal620.002%
Rio Grande do Norte570.002%
Amapá490.007%
Roraima350.006%
Tocantins340.002%
Acre230.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Valentin

Wiktionary records Valentin in several languages (Czech, French, German, among others) as derived from the Latin Valentīnus, and the Czech entry breaks it down as valēns plus the suffix -īnus. Valens is a Roman cognomen that, according to Wiktionary, comes from the Latin adjective valēns, "strong, healthy". Behind the Name confirms Valentinus as the original form and lists valens as the root; Valentim is the Portuguese form of the name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,196 people named Valentin; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul. The name is almost always male, and most of the records are of people born from 2010 onward.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Valentin · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Valens · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Valentin · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Wiktionary: Valentim · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Valentin

What does the name Valentin mean?

Valentin means “form of Valentinus, derived from Valens, "strong, healthy"”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Valentin in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,196 people with the first name Valentin, which ranks it number 1,495 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

Is Valentin a boy's or a girl's name?

Valentin is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 195 women and 12,001 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Valentin?

Valentin is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Valentin most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.023% of the state's population is named Valentin (2,464 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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