A valentine is a card or gift given on Valentine's Day, or one's sweetheart. Valentine or Valentines may also refer to:

People and fictional characters

Valentine (name) Valentine is a masculine given name, feminine given name, and a surname, derived from the Roman family name Valentinus, which was derived from the Latin word ''valens'', which means "strong and healthy." Valentine can be considered an English trans ...

, a given name and a surname, including a list of people and fictional characters so named * Saint Valentine of Rome, the eponym of Valentine's Day *

Valentine (writer) Archibald Thomas Pechey (26 September 1876 in West Ham, Essex – 29 November 1961 in Wells, Somerset, England) often credited as Valentine, was an English lyricist and novelist. The pen name Valentine was derived from his mother's family th ...

, pseudonym of Archibald Thomas Pechey * Gary Valentine, stage name of Gary Lachman (born 1955), American writer and guitarist, member of the band Blondie * Funny Valentine, the main villain of '' Steel Ball Run''

Places

United States

* Valentine, Arizona, an unincorporated community *

Valentine, Indiana Valentine is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Johnson Township, LaGrange County, Indiana, Johnson Township, LaGrange County, Indiana, LaGrange County, Indiana. History Valentine was laid out and platted in 1879. The Valentine ...

, an unincorporated town *

Valentine, Kansas City Valentine is a historic neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri. It is just north of the Westport entertainment district, bounded by Broadway on the east, Southwest Trafficway on the west, 31st Street on the north, and 40th Street on the south. Most ...

, a neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri * Valentine, Nebraska, a city * Valentine National Wildlife Refuge, Nebraska * Valentine, New Jersey, an unincorporated community * Valentine, Texas, a town *

Valentines, Virginia Valentines is an unincorporated community located in Brunswick County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Mason-Tillett House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Unite ...

, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

Cape Valentine Cape Valentine is a cape on the northeast side of Gurkovska Cove forming the northeast extremity of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situate ...

, Elephant Island, Antarctica * Valentine, New South Wales, Australia, a suburb of Lake Macquarie * Valentine Falls, a waterfall in New South Wales * Valentine, Haute-Garonne, France, a commune * Valentine (river), a river in the Haute-Vienne department, France *

Valentines, Uruguay Valentines is a town of central Uruguay, divided in two parts belonging to Florida Department and Treinta y Tres Department respectively. Overview Valentines is located on the Cuchilla Grande, 3 km from Route 7 (km 234) and near the crossin ...

, a town

Buildings

* Valentine Theatre, Toledo, Ohio * The Valentine, a museum of local history in Richmond, Virginia

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Valentine'' (film), a 2001 horror film * ''Valentine'' (2017 film), a documentary by Paul Thomas Anderson about the making of the album ''Something to Tell You'' * ''Valentine'' (TV series), an American romantic comedy-drama television show * "Valentine" (''The Secret Circle''), a 2012 episode of ''The Secret Circle''

Literature

* ''Valentine'' (novel) an 1832 novel by George Sand * ''Valentines'' (short story collection), a 2007 collection of short stories by Olaf Olafsson

Music

* Robby Valentine, Dutch singer and founder of the band Valentine

Performers and labels

* Valentine Records, an independent British label * The Valentines (doo-wop band), an American group of the mid-1950s * The Valentines (rock band), an Australian band active from 1966–1970

Albums

* ''Valentine'' (Snail Mail album) (2021) * ''Valentine'' (Bill Frisell album) (2020) * ''Valentine'' (Roy Harper album) (1974) * ''Valentines'' (EP), by Mariah Carey (1999)

Songs

* "Valentine" (5 Seconds of Summer song) (2018) * "Valentine" (Jim Brickman song) (1997), a hit for Martina McBride * "Valentine" (Maurice Chevalier song) (1925) * "Valentine" (Delays song) (2006) * "Valentine" (Lloyd song) (2007) * "Valentine" (T'Pau song) (1988) * "Valentine" (Jessie Ware and Sampha song) (2011) * "Valentine", by Fiona Apple from '' The Idler Wheel...'' * "Valentine", by Blonde Redhead * "Valentine", by Justice from '' Cross'' * "Valentine", by Kina Grannis * "Valentine", by Snail Mail from ''

Valentine A valentine is a card or gift given on Valentine's Day, or one's sweetheart. Valentine or Valentines may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Valentine (name), a given name and a surname, including a list of people and fictional char ...

'' * "Valentine", by Tatiana Okupnik * "Valentine", by Train from '' A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat'' * "Valentine", by Xandria from ''

Neverworld's End ''Neverworld's End'' is the fifth studio album by German symphonic metal band Xandria. The record was released by Napalm Records on February 24, 2012. It is the only album to feature Manuela Kraller on vocals, and the last album to feature Nils M ...

'' * "Valentine", by XXXTentacion from ''

Revenge Revenge is committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Francis Bacon described revenge as a kind of "wild justice" that "does... offend the law ndputteth the law out of office." Pr ...

'' * "Valentine", by YK Osiris from '' The Golden Child'' * "Valentine", by the Get Up Kids from '' Something to Write Home About'' * "Valentine", by the Replacements from '' Pleased to Meet Me'' * "Valentine", from the musical '' Love Birds'' * "My Funny Valentine" by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart from the musical '' Babes In Arms''

Sea vessels

* HMS ''Valentine'', four Royal Navy vessels * USS ''Valentine'' (AF-47), a 1945 World War II stores ship * ''Valentine'' (1780 EIC ship), an East Indiaman

Other uses

* Valentine School (disambiguation) * Valentine tank, a British Second World War tank model *

447 Valentine Valentine (minor planet designation: 447 Valentine) is a large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on 27 October 1899 in Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is ...

, an asteroid * Valentine (restaurant), a chain in Quebec, Canada * Valentine, a racehorse who competed in the

1840 Grand National The 1840 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase was the second official annual running of a steeplechase, later to become known as the Grand National Steeplechase handicap horse race, which took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on Thursday 5 Ma ...

Steeplechase * Valentine, a

sunflower The common sunflower (''Helianthus annuus'') is a large annual forb of the genus ''Helianthus'' grown as a crop for its edible oily seeds. Apart from cooking oil production, it is also used as livestock forage (as a meal or a silage plant), as ...

variety * Valentine Formation, a geologic unit in Nebraska, United States