Valletta: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Valletta – Meaning: named for Jean de Valette, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta who founded the city – Origin: French (place name, honorific) – Pronunciation: vah-LET-tah


Valletta is a French (place name, honorific) name meaning “named for Jean de Valette, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta who founded the city”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Valletta

Meaning: Named for Jean de Valette, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta who founded the city.

Origin: French (place name, honorific).

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Valletta

Phonetic: vah-LET-tah

Popularity of Valletta

Valletta 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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