The baby name Valente is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Italian/Spanish: /vaˈlɛnte/ (vah-LEN-teh); Portuguese: /vɐˈlẽt(ɨ)/; English approximation: /vəˈlɛnti/ or /vəˈlɛnteɪ/ (vuh-LEN-tee or vuh-LEN-tay).
Valente is Latin in Origin.
The baby name Valente is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Italian/Spanish: /vaˈlɛnte/ (vah-LEN-teh); Portuguese: /vɐˈlẽt(ɨ)/; English approximation: /vəˈlɛnti/ or /vəˈlɛnteɪ/ (vuh-LEN-tee or vuh-LEN-tay).
Valente is Latin in Origin.
Valente is a Romance given name and surname rooted in Latin valens, valentis, “strong, healthy, brave,” from valere “to be strong.” Found in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, it appears in medieval records of Iberia and the Italian city-states both as a byname praising courage and as a hereditary surname. The name shares its etymological base with Valentine/Valentinus and echoes the Roman cognomen Valens, reinforcing its association with vigor and worth.
Variants and cognates include Valent (Catalan/Occitan), Valentín (Spanish), Valentim (Portuguese), Valentin (German, Slavic, French), Valentine (English/French), and Valentino (Italian), with feminine counterparts chiefly Valentina and French Valentine. Nicknames are typically Vale or Val. Today, Valente is most familiar in Portugal and Italy - sometimes revived as a given name via the surname-first-name trend and the positive adjective valente “brave” in Portuguese - while remaining recognizable across the Romance-speaking diaspora.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LU | 0 | #66 | 1 | 2,830 | |
| AO | 0 | #77 | 1 | 2,729 | |
| AE | 0 | #186 | 2 | 10,220 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #187 | 4 | 4,850 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #214 | 29 | 5,568 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #215 | 6 | 4,970 |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #216 | 2 | 4,575 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #233 | 2 | 5,842 |
| PE | 0 | #329 | 1 | 6,350 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #340 | 28 | 7,951 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #342 | 1,351 | 16,355 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #359 | 4 | 8,539 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #363 | 7 | 8,477 |
| MX | 0 | #402 | 12 | 8,339 | |
| BO | 0 | #407 | 2 | 6,868 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #407 | 2 | 11,440 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #468 | 4 | 7,952 |
| ZA | 0 | #473 | 2 | 14,421 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #491 | 9 | 7,625 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #504 | 7 | 10,188 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| CO | 0 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #541 | 1 | 7,500 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #618 | 5 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #692 | 9 | 13,390 |
| IT | 0 | #692 | 23 | 4,183 | |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #780 | 6 | 12,213 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #801 | 6 | 18,755 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #865 | 28 | 7,044 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #867 | 12 | 14,506 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #917 | 2 | 17,948 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #977 | 5 | 15,656 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #992 | 1 | 12,708 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,152 | 27 | 25,619 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,168 | 16 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,232 | 5 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,252 | 3 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,296 | 176 | 10,046 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,382 | 65 | 9,415 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Valente is popular in 33 countries — most recent births per country:
Did we miss something about this name? Let us know!