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Variant of Valerie.

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I have had this name for over 60 years. For some reason, my Dad discovering that this was the male spelling of the name after a St. Valery and used by males in Russia and perhaps France decided to leave the spelling of my name with a "y". Well, it's different true, but I have been correcting the spelling on papers official and nonofficial all my life. Perhaps that is a warning that parents who wish to choose an "odd" spelling of a reasonably recognized name might want to reconsider before naming their child with this alternate spelling. I don't mind too much; but it is annoying at times.

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Val, Vallie

Meanings and history of the name Valery: | Edit

Meaning is "strong" and I know there was a St. Valery in France in about the 6th century AD.

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