Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Valentine is both a masculine and a feminine given name, and a surname, derived from the Roman family name Valentinus, which was derived from the Latin word valens, which means "strong and healthy". Valentine can be considered an English translation or adaptation of the names Valentinus or Valentinian .
Valentine (name), a given name and a surname, including a list of people and fictional characters so named Saint Valentine of Rome, the eponym of Valentine's Day; Pope Valentine, pope for two months in 827
An English Victorian era Valentine card located in the Museum of London. In 1797, a British publisher issued The Young Man's Valentine Writer, which contained scores of suggested sentimental verses for the young lover unable to compose his own. Printers had already begun producing a limited number of cards with verses and sketches, called ...
The name "Valentine", derived from valens (worthy, strong, powerful), was popular in Late Antiquity. About eleven other saints with the name Valentine are commemorated in the Catholic Church. [ 25 ] Some Eastern Churches of the Western rite may provide still other different lists of Saint Valentines. [ 26 ]
Valentin is a male given name meaning "strong, healthy, power, rule". It comes from the Latin name Valentinus, as in Saint Valentin [further explanation needed].Commonly found in Argentina, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia, Ukraine, Latin America and Spain.
Valentina is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the Roman name Valentinus, [1] which is derived from the Latin word "valens" meaning "healthy, strong". [2]It is used in Italian, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene, Romanian, Bulgarian, Portuguese and Spanish languages. [3]
Valentino is an Italian male given name, the masculine equivalent of the female given name Valentina. It may be abbreviated as "Vale" or "Tino". The equivalent English male given name is Valentine. A surname, Valentino, also exists.
Palentine's Day is a global holiday celebrating friendships and every other form of platonic love. [1] It is celebrated annually on February 13, but can be observed on February 14 as well, and complements Valentine's Day, which celebrates romantic love. [2]