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Meaning of the nameValentine

Valentine is a female name in Brazil, of Latin origin, derived from Valentīnus, which comes from Valēns, 'strong, healthy'.

Meaning

“form of Valentīnus, derived from Valēns, 'strong, healthy'”

Source: Wiktionary: Valentine

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People (2022)
1,872
Rank in Brazil
#5,333
Median age
9 years
2010 Census
702
people

Valentine in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valentine, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (1,007 people).

1,817 women 55 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 Valentine is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  3. Paraná 0.002%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul4140.004%
São Paulo3230.001%
Minas Gerais1890.001%
Paraná1660.002%
Santa Catarina1660.002%
Rio de Janeiro1170.001%
Bahia910.001%
Goiás840.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul570.002%
Distrito Federal280.001%
Piauí260.001%
Espírito Santo250.001%
Mato Grosso250.001%
Ceará240.000%
Amazonas230.001%
Pernambuco200.000%
Maranhão190.000%

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

About the name Valentine

The English section of Wiktionary gives Valentine as a name of Latin origin, from Valentīnus, a patronymic of Valēns, which in turn comes from the Latin adjective vālens, 'strong, healthy'. The same source says that, as a female name, Valentine was occasionally borrowed from French, and it gives Valentina and Valentino as forms of the same origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,872 people named Valentine, with a median age of 9. Most were born from 2010 onward, and the name is almost always female. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Valentine · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

Questions about the name Valentine

What does the name Valentine mean?

Valentine means “form of Valentīnus, derived from Valēns, 'strong, healthy'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Valentine in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,872 people with the first name Valentine, which ranks it number 5,333 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Valentine is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,817 women and 55 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Valentine?

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

In which Brazilian state is Valentine most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.004% of the state's population is named Valentine (414 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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