Valerya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- vuh-LAIR-yuh
- Origin
- Latin
Valerya is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “strong, healthy”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Valerya mean?
Latin: variant spelling of Valeria
“strong, healthy”
Variant of Valeria, from the Roman family name Valerius, which comes from Latin valere, 'to be strong'.
Is Valerya a girl's or a boy's name?
Valerya is a girls' name.
How popular is Valerya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Valerya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Valerya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Nicknames for Valerya
- Val 22 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Valerya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Camila Luna Julia Arya Sophia Isabella Dayana Alivia Emilia Eliza Emely Vivienne
Names related to Valerya
More Latin names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Valerya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/valerya, updated 20 October 2026.