Valentina
- Meaning:
- Strong, healthy, vigorous (feminine of Valentin, from Latin "valens")
- Origin:
- Latin
About the name Valentina
The feminine form of Valentin, from Latin 'valens' ('strong, healthy'). Its international fame was boosted by Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space.
Name day and nicknames
- Nicknames:
- Tina
Popularity with newborns
Valentina has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
10,865 people in Croatia are called Valentina, according to the 2021 census. That is #87 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Valentina is recorded in every Croatian county.
Notable people called Valentina
- Valentina Tereškova — Soviet cosmonaut, the first woman in space
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.