Valory

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Valory by the numbers

Valory was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 1955, making it a 1950s name.

What we can tell you about Valory

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Valory. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Valerystrong and valiant; a form of Valerie234 in the US (2017)
  • Valora5 in the US (2017)
  • Valoriestrength, valor; variant of Valerie21 in the US (2017)
  • Valeristrength; a variant of Valerie12 in the US (2017)
  • Vallerystrong, valiant; a form of Valerie7 in the US (2017)
  • Vanorawhite wave; a form of Guinevere3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Valory

Names that are said the same way as Valory, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Valeriestrong, vigorous1,814 in the US (2017)
  • Valariestrong; valiant; a form of Valerie47 in the US (2017)
  • Valleriestrong and valiant; variant of Valerie8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Valory

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