Valentina
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- [ vah-len-TEE-nah (Italian), vah-lyen-TEE-nah (Russian), vah-leen-TEE-nah (Russian) ]
- Italian, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)). A famous bearer was the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (1937-), who in 1963 became the first woman to visit space.
 | VALENTINE (1) male English From the Roman cognomen Valentinus which was itself from the name Valens meaning "strong, vigourous, healthy" in Latin. Saint Valentine was a 3rd-century martyr. His feast day was the same as the Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia, which resulted in the association between Valentine's day and love. As an English name, it has been used occasionally since the 12th century. | |||||||||||||||||||
| EQUIVALENTS |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Valentina |
| CROATIAN: Valentina |
| FRENCH: Valentine |
| ITALIAN: Valentina |
| MACEDONIAN: Valentina |
| POLISH: Walentyna |
| ROMANIAN: Valentina |
| RUSSIAN: Valentina |
| SLOVAK: Valentína |
| SLOVENE: Valentina |
| SPANISH: Valentina |
| UKRAINIAN: Valentyna |
| DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
| ITALIAN: Tina |
| MACEDONIAN: Tina |
| SLOVENE: Tina |
| MASCULINE FORMS |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Valentinus |
| BASQUE: Balendin |
| BULGARIAN: Valentin |
| CROATIAN: Tin, Valent, Valentin |
| CZECH: Valentin |
| DANISH: Valentin |
| DUTCH: Valentijn |
| ENGLISH: Val, Valentine |
| FRENCH: Valentin |
| GERMAN: Valentin |
| HUNGARIAN: Bálint |
| ITALIAN: Tino, Valentino |
| MACEDONIAN: Valentin |
| NORWEGIAN: Valentin |
| POLISH: Walenty |
| ROMANIAN: Valentin, Vali |
| RUSSIAN: Valentin |
| SCOTTISH: Ualan |
| SLOVAK: Valentín |
| SLOVENE: Tine, Tinek, Valentin |
| SPANISH: Valentín |
| SWEDISH: Valentin |
| UKRAINIAN: Valentyn |
| WELSH: Folant |
| OTHER FORMS |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Valens, Valentinianus |