Fun Facts About the Name Valaria
- 272 babies named Valaria: U.S. records list 272 babies given the name Valaria from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Valaria Mean?
Valaria is a variant spelling of Valeria, a feminine name of Latin origin commonly given the meaning "strong" or "healthy." It comes from the Roman family name Valerius, which rests on the Latin verb valere, meaning "to be strong, to be well, to be of worth." The meaning is a direct reflection of that verb, not a later symbolic reading attached to the name.
The shift from Valeria to Valaria is a matter of spelling and vowel sound rather than of a different root; the two forms share the same Latin source and the same sense.
Valaria Name History & Origins
The name's root is the Roman gens Valeria, one of the oldest patrician families of ancient Rome, whose family name came from valere. The feminine form Valeria was used as a personal name in the classical period; Valeria Messalina, wife of the emperor Claudius, and Galeria Valeria, daughter of Diocletian, are examples of the name in Roman antiquity.
Early Christian tradition remembers a Saint Valeria, a martyr associated with Milan and said to have been the wife of Saint Vitalis and mother of Saints Gervasius and Protasius. The details of her life come from later hagiographic accounts rather than from contemporary records.
Through Latin and the church, the name passed into the Romance languages and beyond: Valeria in Italian and Spanish, Valérie in French, Valeriya in Russian, and Waleria in Polish. The English form Valeria came into use in the modern period, and Valaria is a less common variant of it, differing mainly in the vowel of the second syllable.
The related masculine names Valerius and Valerian derive from the same Latin root.
How Popular is the Name Valaria?
Valaria has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1960. Its best rank was #3,504 in 1960.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | #10,533 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #11,467 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #12,307 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #8,749 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #12,760 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #9,268 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #12,254 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #9,590 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #7,041 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #8,658 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1968 | #6,223 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #4,962 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1966 | #4,474 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1965 | #7,475 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #5,978 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #4,876 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1962 | #5,271 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1960 | #3,504 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1958 | #4,498 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1957 | #6,041 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #6,839 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1955 | #5,170 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1954 | #4,626 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1951 | #6,163 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #6,055 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #5,215 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1947 | #5,261 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1934 | #4,915 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1931 | #4,918 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1929 | #5,229 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1927 | #4,755 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1926 | #5,559 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1924 | #5,830 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1923 | #4,342 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1921 | #3,641 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1919 | #4,220 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1918 | #5,530 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1917 | #4,550 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1916 | #3,525 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1915 | #4,902 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1914 | #4,154 | 5 | 0.0007% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Valaria Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are fixed in your opinions, firm in your friendships and square in your dealings with others. You are an excellent worker. Since you are both possessive and emotional, you can be either very practical or very impractical and unpredictable. Your dual nature needs to become steadfast. You are the marrying kind. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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