Valentinus: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Valentinus – Meaning: strong and healthy (a patronymic derivative of Valens) – Origin: Latin – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: val-en-TY-nus


Valentinus is a Latin boy's name meaning “strong and healthy (a patronymic derivative of Valens)”. It appears in our list of 175+ Latin Baby Boy Names Rooted in Ancient Rome.

Meaning & Origin of Valentinus

Meaning: Strong and healthy (a patronymic derivative of Valens).

Origin: Latin.

A common claim: Widely linked to romantic love because of St. Valentine's Day Actually: The romantic association comes from the later cult and calendar feast of St. Valentine, not the name's root — Valentinus etymologically means 'strong, healthy.'

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Valentinus

Phonetic: val-en-TY-nus   IPA: /ˌvæl.ənˈtaɪ.nəs/

Popularity of Valentinus

Valentinus doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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