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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 ...
English names are personal names used in, or originating in, England. In England, as elsewhere in the English-speaking world , a complete name usually consists of one or more given names , commonly referred to as first names, and a (most commonly patrilineal , rarely matrilineal ) family name or surname , also referred to as a last name.
For Saint Valentine of Rome, along with Saint Valentine of Terni, "abstracts of the acts of the two saints were in nearly every church and monastery of Europe", according to Professor Jack B. Oruch of the University of Kansas. [10] Saint Valentine is commemorated in the Anglican Communion [11] and the Lutheran Churches on February 14. [12]
Pope Valentine (died 827) Saint Valentine, 3rd century Christian saint; Valentinus (Gnostic) (died c. 150), early Christian gnostic theologian; Valentinus Paquay (1828–1905), Friar Minor; Valentinus Smalcius (1572–1622), German Socinian theologian
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.
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]