Valentino

What Valentino means

Italian and Portuguese form of Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”

a male given name, feminine equivalent Valentina, equivalent to English Valentine || From Latin Valentīnus, a patronymic from Valēns (Roman cognomen), itself nominalized from vālens (“strong, healthy”) + -īnus (“-ine”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Valentino” (revision 93142715) and “Valentine” (revision 90583941), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Valentino?

US: Rising: up from #676 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #702 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 710 boys got the name (#444 that year). First in the US records in 1910.

How common

• About 1 in 2,406 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,633 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in FL (1.16 per 1,000 boys), CA (0.94 per 1,000 boys), MA (0.78 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Valentino is #444 in the US and #798 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Valentino were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Valentina7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Valentino

Boys

• Miles#44Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #107 in 2015, #44 in 2025
• Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025
• Charlie#145Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #22 vs #145 in 2025
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Henry#5Editor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records
• Lennox#289Editor’s note Used for both: 75% of US babies named Lennox in 2025 were boys

For a sister

• Wren#231Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #703 in 2015, #231 in 2025
• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Eloise#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #254 in 2015, #49 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Elsie#123Diminutive of Alison, meaning “of noble kind”^*
• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Valentino’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.