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I got called Velcro in grades school. Growing up people called me Val. As an adult I have grown to hate that name because most people assume my name is Valerie (a name I have also grown to hate, just because I have to say "not Valerie, Valkyrie"). As an adult friends either call me by my full name, or Valk (which honestly I love), or V (Vee). My nieces call my Aunt VV.

Meanings and history of the name Valkyrie

from the nordic lore, Valkyries rescued the heros fallen in battle and whishked them to Valhalla. It is pronounced normally as val-keer-ee but we pronounce it VAL-ker-ree, like Valerie with a K in the middle after the L.

Different poster: When I spell out my name phonetically (I do this a lot on name tags). I spell it Val-KUR-e'. I tell people like Val with a Curry after it.

The name Valkyrie has so many connections. If I meet someone and they have heard my name before they associate it with Wagner's "Ring cycle," or they are a Sci fan/Comic book fan.

Valkyrie is not a pronoun of one person but 6 goddesses that choice the most valiant soldiers from the battle field and took them up to the Valhalla (Nordic heaven).

Recently I learned that in Nordic myth the Northern lights are created by the flash of the Valkyries swords. (this explained to me why I have always been fascinated with the Northern lights.

It's a name of empowerment, a name of strength.

Means "chooser of the slain", derived from Old Norse valr "the slain" and kyrja "chooser".

Famous real-life people named Valkyrie

Valkyrie in song, story & screen

The Flight of the Valkyries. Once you know the melody you will hear it in commercials, movies, TV shows and more. It tends to be used as a build in action.

Tom Cruise did a movie called Project Valkyrie- which chronicled a failed assassination attempt of Hitler.

Honda has a motorcycle line called the Valkyrie.

There is a Valkyrie Disc for Frisbee golf.

Marvel has a comic book character named Valkyrie.

Google Valkyrie you will see the name is everywhere.