The story behind Valentin
Borrowed from Latin Valentīnus.
Other language forms and explanations (5)
Finnish entry
From Swedish Valentin, from Latin Valentinus.
French entry
From Latin Valentinus.
German entry
From Latin Valentinus. The name was already borrowed in Old High German and therefore shows dialectal forms with umlaut and contraction (cf. Luxembourgish Välten, whence Vältesdag); but in learned parlance it was continuously relatinized.
Serbo-Croatian entry
From Latin Valentinus.
Slovene entry
From Latin Valentinus.
Pronunciation
Czech: [ˈvalɛntiːn]
Regional pronunciation variants
- Finnish: /ˈʋɑlenti(ː)n/
- Finnish: [ˈʋɑ̝le̞n̪t̪i(ː)n]
- French: /va.lɑ̃.tɛ̃/
- German: /ˈva.lɛnˌtiːn/
- Serbo-Croatian: /ʋalěntiːn/
- Slovene: /ʋalɛntíːn/
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Names Similar to Valentin
Valentín
Inherited from Latin Valentinus (“Valentine”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- same syllable count
- similar length
Valerian
From Latin Valeriānus, from Valerius.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- same syllable count
- similar length
Valérien
From Latin Valerianus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- same syllable count
- similar length
Victorian
Learned borrowing from Latin Victōriānus. By surface analysis, Victor + -ian.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- same syllable count
- similar length
Adorján
Derived from Latin Hadrianus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- same syllable count
- similar length
Agrypin
Learned borrowing from Latin Agrippīnus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Valentin
Aadolf
From Swedish Adolf, of Germanic origin (from Old High German adal (“noble”) + wolf (“wolf”)). Cognate with English Adolf, Adolph.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends F
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Aarón
a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Aaron
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Abdiasz
Learned borrowing from Latin Abdias, from Ancient Greek Ἀβδίας (Abdías), from Hebrew עובדיה.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Valentin
Aadolf
From Swedish Adolf, of Germanic origin (from Old High German adal (“noble”) + wolf (“wolf”)). Cognate with English Adolf, Adolph.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends F
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Abdiasz
Learned borrowing from Latin Abdias, from Ancient Greek Ἀβδίας (Abdías), from Hebrew עובדיה.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Abílio
Perhaps from Latin abilius (“not vindictive”). Possibly related to Abelardo.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length