Baby name
CLASSIC
🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 Valerio
/vah · LEHR · ee · oh/
Meaning
“To be strong”
Italian and Spanish form of the Roman Valerius, meaning 'to be strong'; carried by several early Christian saints and common across the Mediterranean.
Nicknames
vale
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Ages well in Italian and Spanish contexts; classic without feeling tired.
The cultural moment.
Consistently used in Italy throughout the 20th century and into the 2010s.