Valerija

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Valerie

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Valerija is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • LVLatvia1 in 678(measured from records)
  • SISlovenia1 in 897
  • LTLithuania≈1 in 1.6K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Russia (inferred from the name graph)

≈13,000 people, est.

Sources
71 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 678 (inferred from the name graph)

Latvia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Valērija in LV Latvia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a female given name, equivalent to English Valerie

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Valerija counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Valerija is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia—≈13,000 est.≈1 in 11K—Valerija18
LV Latvia#6652,7741 in 6782.8KValērija43
SI Slovenia—2,3431 in 8972.3KValerija10
CI Côte d’Ivoire—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 14K—Valerija1
HR Croatia—2,0111 in 2.1K2K—1
LT Lithuania#281≈1,700 est.≈1 in 1.6K18KValerija71
RS Serbia—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 6.3K—Valerija7

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Registrų centras — top-50 given names; PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); SURS — resident population given names; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Valerija is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hungarian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, Serbia

    Also written Valērija

  • German given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, United Kingdom, Austria

    Languages: German, English, Dutch

    Also written Valērija

  • Estonian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Valērija

  • Swedish given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Denmark, Norway

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Valērija

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Valerijâ, Valērija, Valerìja

  • Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Arab Emirates, Serbia

    Also written Valērija

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Valerija is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19501960197019801990Valeria Cavalli, b. 1959Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, b. 1964Valeria Golino, b. 1966Valeriya, b. 1968Valeria Bertuccelli, b. 1970Lera Kudryavtseva, b. 1971Valeria Mazza, b. 1972Lera Auerbach, b. 1973Valeria Luiselli, b. 1983Valeria Kozlova, b. 1988
  • Valeria Cavallib. 1959ITnot in their usual nameItalian actress and model (born 1959)
  • Valeria Bruni-Tedeschib. 1964ITnot in their usual nameItalian and French actress, director, screenwriter
  • Valeria Golinob. 1966ITnot in their usual nameItalian model, actress and film director
  • Valeriyab. 1968RUnot in their usual nameRussian singer
  • Valeria Bertuccellib. 1970ARnot in their usual nameArgentine actress
  • Lera Kudryavtsevab. 1971RUnot in their usual nameactor, singer and TV personality
  • Valeria Mazzab. 1972ARnot in their usual nameArgentine model
  • Lera Auerbachb. 1973USnot in their usual nameSoviet-Russian-born American classical composer and pianist
  • Valeria Luisellib. 1983MXnot in their usual nameMexican writer
  • Valeria Kozlovab. 1988RUnot in their usual nameRussian singer and drummer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 39 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Valerija
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
LT LithuaniaRegistrų centras — top-50 given names—18K#44
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20082.6K#103
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20092.6K#102
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20102.5K#103
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20112.5K#105
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20122.5K#108
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20132.5K#108
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20142.5K#110
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20152.5K#111
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20162.5K#113
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20172.5K#113
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20192.4K#113

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Valerija mean, and where does it come from?
a female given name, equivalent to English Valerie Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Valerija have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Valerija in Russia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled valerija.
Where is Valerija most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Valerija is densest in Latvia — about 1 in 678 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.
Is Valerija a male or female name?
Valerija is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Valerija?
In the etymology graph, Valerie, Valeria and Valérie are forms of the same name in other languages.
How common is the name Valerija?
In Latvia, the national register counted 2,774 people named Valerija, about 1 in 678 residents.
How common is Valerija compared with other names?
In Lithuania, Valerija is the 281st most common given name of 5,944 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Valerija” — the 281st most common given name in Lithuania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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