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Valente as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Valente

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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.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 3.0
Origin: Latin
Pronunciation: Italian/Spanish: /vaˈlɛnte/ (vah-LEN-teh); Portuguese: /vɐˈlẽt(ɨ)/; English approximation: /vəˈlɛnti/ or /vəˈlɛnteɪ/ (vuh-LEN-tee or vuh-LEN-tay)

What is the meaning of the name Valente ?

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.

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Valente – Popularity by country

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:

United States
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AO
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BO

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People also ask about Valente

Valente is predominantly a boy's name.
Valente is a 3 syllable name, pronounced Italian/Spanish: /vaˈlɛnte/ (vah-LEN-teh); Portuguese: /vɐˈlẽt(ɨ)/; English approximation: /vəˈlɛnti/ or /vəˈlɛnteɪ/ (vuh-LEN-tee or vuh-LEN-tay).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Valentin, Valentín, Valentino, Valentina, Valentim and Valentijn.
Across languages, Valente has these equivalents: Valentin (French, German, English), Valentín (Spanish), Valentino (Italian), Valentim (Portuguese), Valentijn (Dutch), and 2 more.
Somewhat — Valente ranked #865 in United States in 2024, placing it just outside the most common names.
Valente's popularity is declining. It moved from #862 in 2014 to #865 in 2024 in United States.