Val
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning strength; a diminutive of Valerie or Valentine.
Val by the numbers
Val was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 178 babies in 1952, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Valentine
Like Val, each of these traces back to Valentine: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that come from Valerie
Like Val, each of these traces back to Valerie: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Valeriestrong, vigorous1,814 in the US (2017)
- Valerystrong and valiant; a form of Valerie234 in the US (2017)
- Valariestrong; valiant; a form of Valerie47 in the US (2017)
- Valoriestrength, valor; variant of Valerie21 in the US (2017)
- Valeskastrong; glorious ruler; a form of Valérie or Valerie16 in the US (2017)
- Valeristrength; a variant of Valerie12 in the US (2017)
- Valliestrong and valiant; a form of Valerie7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Valleriestrong and valiant; variant of Valerie8 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Val. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean strength
Like Val, each of these has strength in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- GabriellaGod is my strength; form of Gabriel3,862 in the US (2017)
- Emersonson of Emery, brave power3,275 in the US (2017)
- Valentinastrong, healthy3,027 in the US (2017)
- Emerybrave, powerful; industrious ruler2,983 in the US (2017)