Valery

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Valeri is a male name .

variants

Delimitation Valerij - Valerie

The difference between the male first name “Valerij” and the female first name “ Valerie ” lies not only in the spelling, but also in the pronunciation: In the case of the Russian male first name, the emphasis is on the “e”, the German female first name becomes “Valerie” mostly stressed on the "a". In French, the pronunciation of the masculine and feminine forms is the same, with emphasis on the last syllable.

Origin and meaning

The origin of the name Valerij is likely to lie in the Latin first name Valerius , which is derived from the verb valere (strong / strong) and has the meaning "The one of the family of Valerians ".

Over time, Valerius became Valerian (first name) , in the Slavic region also Walerian , which eventually led to the short form Waleri or Walerij or Valerij .

name day

Both the male and the female form of the name Valerij the 7. June the name day .

Name bearer