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== Name ==
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: large;" | '''Valerie'''
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! Gender:
| Female
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! Origin:
| '''English'''
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! Derived:
| '''Latin''', from Roman family clan name ''[[Valerius]]''
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! Variants:
| ''Val'' (pet form), '''[[Valérie]]''' ([[French language|French]]), '''[[Valeria]]''' ([[Italian language|Italian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Portuguese Language|Portuguese]])
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! Meaning:
| ''strong'', ''brave'' (valiant)
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'''Valerie''' is a female given name in both English and French. Spelled as "[[Valery]]" or "Valeri" or "valerie", it is a common ''male'' name in parts of Europe (particularly in France and Russia).
Valerie is also used as a nickname for Valeria.
== Songs ==
*"[[Valleri]]," rock song made popular by The Monkees
*[[Valerie (song)|"Valerie" (song)]], song by Steve Winwood
*[[Valerie (The Zutons song)|"Valerie" (The Zutons song)]]
*"Valerie", song by [[Brother Firetribe]]
*"Valerie", song by [[Reel Big Fish]]
*"Valerie", song by [[Louisiana Red]]
*"Valerie", song by [[Jackie & the Starlites]]
*"Valerie", song by [[Bad Company]]
*"Valerie", song by [[Ghost of the Robot]]
*"Valerie", song by [[PTM (band)|PTM]]
*"Valerie", song by [[Singing Loins]]
*"Valarie", song by [[Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention]]
*"[[Valerie Loves Me]]" a song by [[Material Issue]]
*"Hey, Valerie!", song by [[The Derailers]]
*"Valerie", song by [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]]
==Other==
*[[Valerie (game character)]], character in Breath of Fire II
*''[[Valerie (TV series)]]'' better known as ''The Hogan Family''
*Valerie, a [[List of characters in Frisky Dingo#Valerie|character in the animated series ''Frisky Dingo'']]
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[[fr:Valérie (prénom)]]
[[it:Valeria]]
[[nl:Valerie]]