Valerie

See also: Valérie

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvæləɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æləɹi
• Hyphenation: Val‧er‧ie

Etymology 1

From French Valérie, from Latin Valeria. Doublet of Valeria.

Alternative forms

• Valery

Proper noun

Valerie

1. A female given name from French [in turn from Latin].
   • 1982, Steve Winwood, Will Jennings, “Valerie”:

     Valerie, call on me / Come and see me / I'm the same boy I used to be

   • 2006, The Zutons, “Valerie”‎^[1]:

     Cos since I've come home, well my body's been a mess
     And I've missed your ginger hair and the way you dress
     Won't you come on over stop making a fool out of me?
     Why won't you come on over Valerie? Valerie? Valerie? Valerie?

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: فَالِيرِي f (fālīrī)
• Armenian: Վալերի (Valeri)
• Bulgarian: Вале́рия f (Valérija)
• Catalan: Valèria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓦莱丽 (Wǎláilì)

• Czech: Valérie (cs) f
• French: Valérie (fr) f
• Georgian: ვალერი (valeri)
• German: Valerie (de) f
• Hindi: वैलेरी (vailerī)
• Italian: Valeria (it) f
• Japanese: ヴァレリー (Varerī), バレリー (Barerī)
• Kannada: ವ್ಯಾಲರೀ (vyālarī)
• Korean: 발레리 (Balleri)
• Latvian: Valerija f
• Polish: Waleria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Valéria (pt) f
• Russian: Вале́рия (ru) f (Valérija)
• Spanish: Valeria (es) f
• Tamil: வேலரி (vēlari)
• Thai: วาเลอรี
• Ukrainian: Вале́рія f (Valérija)

Etymology 2

From valeryl, part of the chemical name of the drug, and alluding to the female name. Compare Lucy (“the drug LSD”).

Noun

Valerie (uncountable)

1. (slang) The psychotropic drug 1V-LSD.

Anagrams

• Larivee

German

Etymology

From Latin Valeria, feminine form of Valerius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvaləˌʁi]

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Va‧le‧rie

Proper noun

Valerie

1. a female given name from Latin

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Valerie, from French Valérie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveləri/, /ˈf-/

Proper noun

Valerie

1. a female given name from English [in turn from French]

   Agatha Valerie Mamahit, b. 1999