Valeria (given name)
Appearance
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Latin nomen Valerius |
Region of origin | Italy |
Valeria or Valéria is a female given name dating back to the Latin verb valere, meaning strong, brave and healthy "to be strong".
List of people with the given name Valeria
[edit]Religion
[edit]- Valeria of Milan, or Saint Valeria, Christian martyr (1st or 2nd century)
- Valeria, a Christian saint martyred with Anesius
Roman history
[edit]- Valeria (wife of Sulla), the fourth wife of Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla
- Valeria Maximilla, Roman empress as the wife of Emperor Maxentius
- Valeria Messalina, Roman empress as the third wife of Emperor Claudius
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- Valeriya, Russian pop star and The model
- Valeria Bertuccelli, Argentine film and television actress
- Valeria Cavalli, Italian actress
- Valeria Ciangottini, Italian actress
- Valeria Diaz, Argentine actress and singer
- Valeria Gastaldi, Argentine singer
- Valeria Golino, Italian-Greek film and television actress
- Valeria Kozlova, Russian musician also known as Lera Kozlova
- Valeria Marini, Italian model, actress, showgirl and fashion designer
- Valeria Mazza, Argentine supermodel and businesswoman
- Valeria Morales, Puerto Rican singer and actress
- Valeria Moriconi, Italian actress
- Valeria Solarino, Italian actress
- Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian-French actress
- Valeria Lukyanova, Ukrainian model, best known as Human Barbie.
Business
[edit]- Valeria Lipczynski (1846–1930), American businesswoman
Military, space, and government
[edit]- Valeria Alessandrini (born 1975), Italian politician
- Valeriya Gnarovskaya, Soviet military hero
- Valerija Raulinaitis, Lithuanian-American psychiatrist, hospital administrator
- Valeria Valente (born 1976), Italian politician and lawyer
Sports
[edit]- Valeriya Gansvind (born 1965), Estonian chess player
- Valeria Kleiner, German football player
- Valeria Lyulyaeva, Russian rower
- Valeria Solovieva, professional Russian tennis player
- Valeria Spälty, Swiss curler
- Valeria Starygina, Russian ice dancer
- Valeria Zenkova, Russian ice dancer
Fictional characters
[edit]- Valeria, a character in Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
- Valeria (Conan the Barbarian), character in the stories and films concerning Conan the Barbarian
- Valeria Richards (previously Von Doom), a fictional character in Marvel Comics
- Valeria Watt, a character in Carry On Screaming! played by Fenella Fielding
- Valeria, a deserting soldier in the first Suikoden game
- Valeria: a fictional character in the Mexican telenovela El Cuerpo del Deseo
- Valeria: a fictional detective in the novel The Law and the Lady
- Valeria Ferrer, a character in the telenovela Carrusel
- Valeria Ferriz, a character in Elísabet Benavent's book series Valeria
- Valeria Luna, the name used in Spanish-language versions of Yokai Watch to refer to Hailey Anne Thomas (Inaho Misora in Japanese versions)
See also
[edit]- Valeria (disambiguation)
- Valerie (given name)
- Valery (name)
- Valeriu (given name)
- Valerius (name)
- Valerian (name)
- Valeriano (name)
- Valerianus (disambiguation)
- Valer (disambiguation)
- Valera (disambiguation)
- Valérien (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Valeria
- All pages with titles containing Valeria
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