Valerie 3834048 226026651 2008-07-16T14:28:37Z AndrewHowse 1208138 cleanup & Disambiguate [[Richard Thompson]] to [[Richard Thompson (musician)]] using [[:en:Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups|popups]] {{Merge|Valeria|date=July 2007}} == Name == {| class="infobox bordered" style="width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 90%;" |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: large;" | '''Valerie''' |- ! Gender: | Female |- ! Origin: | '''English''' |- ! Derived: | '''Latin''', from Roman family clan name ''[[Valerius]]'' |- ! Variants: | ''Val'' (pet form), '''[[Valérie]]''' ([[French language|French]]), '''[[Valeria]]''' ([[Italian language|Italian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Portuguese Language|Portuguese]]) |- ! Meaning: | ''strong'', ''brave'' (valiant) <!-- |- | colspan="2" style="font-size: smaller;" | {{{footnotes|}}} --> |} '''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'']] {{disambig}} [[Category:Given names]] [[Category:English given names]] [[Category:French feminine given names]] [[fr:Valérie (prénom)]] [[it:Valeria]] [[nl:Valerie]]