Valerio or Valério is a male given name in several languages, derived from the Roman surname ''Valerius'', which itself is derived from the Latin verb ''valere'' - "to be strong". ''Valerio'' also appears as a family name or

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Valerio is a relatively common given name in Italy, while its incidence is less common in the Spanish and

Croatian Croatian may refer to: * Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) * S ...

Sprachraum. The Portuguese form of the name is Valério. The form of Valerio is Valeriu in the Romanian language.

Valerio as a given name

Valerio Adami Valerio Adami (born 17 March 1935) is an Italian painter. Educated at the ''Accademia di Brera'' in Milan, he has since worked in both London and Paris. His art is influenced by Pop Art. Adami was born in Bologna. In 1945, at the age of ten, h ...

(born 1935), Italian painter * Valerio Agnoli (born 1985), Italian cyclist *

Valerio Anastasi Valerio Anastasi (born 13 April 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Italian amateurs FC Clivense. Career Anastasi made his Serie A debut for A.C. ChievoVerona on 14 December 2008 in a game against F.C. Internazionale Mila ...

(born 1990), Italian footballer * Valerio Arri (1892-1970), Italian athlete * Valerio Aspromonte (born 1987), Italian fencer * Valerio Bacigalupo (1924-1949), Italian footballer *

Valerio Baćak Valerio or Valério is a male given name in several languages, derived from the Roman surname ''Valerius'', which itself is derived from the Latin verb ''valere'' - "to be strong". ''Valerio'' also appears as a family name or surname. Valerio is a ...

(born 1981), Croatian scholar * Valerio Baldassari (c.1650-1695), Italian painter * Valerio Belli (c.1468-1546), Italian engraver * Valerio Bernabò (born 1984), Italian rugby player *

Valerio Bertotto Valerio Bertotto (; born 15 January 1973) is an Italian football manager, who was most recently in charge of Serie B club Ascoli, and a former professional footballer, who played as a defender. Club career Bertotto started his professional car ...

(born 1973), Italian footballer * Valerio Bianchini (born 1943), Italian basketball coach * Valerio Cassani (1922-1995), Italian footballer * Valerio Checchi (born 1980), Italian skier * Valerio Cioli (1529-1599), Italian sculptor * Valerio Cleri (born 1981), Italian swimmer * Valerio Conti (born 1993), Italian cyclist * Valerio Corte (1530-1580), Italian painter and alchemist * Valerio de los Santos (born 1972), Dominican baseball player * Valerio Di Cesare (born 1983), Italian footballer * Valerio Evangelisti (born 1952), Italian writer *

Valerio Festi Valerio Festi is an Italian artistic director and producer. He is also the Chief Executive Officer at Studio Festi. Biography Valerio obtained his degree in 1978 at the University of Bologna. He began his artistic career by designing and stagi ...

, Italian artistic director and producer *

Valerio Fiori Valerio Fiori (born 27 April 1969) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and current goalkeeping coach. He is currently a goalkeeping coach for Serie A club Genoa. Career Before being the third goalkeeper at A.C. ...

(born 1969), Italian footballer *

Valerio Lualdi Valerio Lualdi (born 31 August 1951) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in four editions of the Tour de France and four editions of the Giro d'Italia. References External links * 1951 births Living people Ital ...

(born 1951), Italian cyclist * Valerio Leccardi (born 1984), Swiss skier * Valerio Magrelli (born 1957), Italian poet * Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 1943), Italian historian, journalist, and archaeologist * Valerio Mastandrea (born 1972), Italian actor *

Valerio Nava Valerio Nava (born 17 January 1994) is an Italian Isso's footballer who plays as a right back for Serie D club Albalonga. Club career Born in Calcinate, Nava began his career in local Atalanta, being assigned to the ''Primavera'' squad in 2 ...

(born 1994), Italian footballer * Valerio Nawatu (born 1984), Fiji international footballer * Valerio Olgiati (born 1958), Swiss architect * Valerio Piva (1958), Italian cyclist *

Valerio Profondavalle Valerio Profondavalle, or Valerio Diependale, (1533 – c. 1600) was a Flemish historical painter of the Renaissance period, born in Leuven, but active in Italy. He lived for some time at Florence, and afterwards settled at Milan Milan ( , ...

(born 1533), Flemish painter *

Valerio Quintero Valerio or Valério is a male given name in several languages, derived from the Roman surname ''Valerius'', which itself is derived from the Latin verb ''valere'' - "to be strong". ''Valerio'' also appears as a family name or surname. Valerio is a ...

(born 1970), Colombian engineer *

Valerio Rosseti Valerio Lorenzo Rosseti (born 5 August 1994), known as Lorenzo Rosseti, is an Italian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for club LFA Reggio Calabria, Reggina. Club caree ...

(born 1994), Italian footballer *

Valerio Tebaldi Valerio Tebaldi (born 2 July 1965) is a former Italian professional road bicycle racer. Tebaldi was born at Chiuduno. He won a stage in the 1988 Tour de France and in the 1989 Tour de France The 1989 Tour de France was the 76th edition of ...

(born 1965), Italian cyclist * Valerio Varesi, Italian crime novelist *

Valerio Vermiglio Valerio Vermiglio (born 1 March 1976) is an Italian volleyball player, who was a member of the Italian men's national team, that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Career He played with Sisley Treviso and won th ...

(born 1976), Italian volleyball player * Valerio Verre (born 1994), Italian footballer * Valerio Virga (born 1986), Italian footballer *

Valerio Zanone Valerio Zanone (22 January 1936 – 7 January 2016) was an Italian politician, who was formerly secretary and president of the Italian Liberal Party (''Partito Liberale Italiano''; PLI). He was also a senator for the Democratic Party (Italy), Demo ...

(born 1936), Italian politician *

Valerio Zurlini Valerio Zurlini (19 March 1926 – 26 October 1982) was an Italian film director, stage director and screenwriter. Biography During his law studies in Rome, he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance. Zurlin ...

(1926-1982), Italian director and screenwriter

Valerio as a surname

Alberto Valerio Alberto "Betinho" Valério ( Ipatinga, 6 September 1985) is a Brazilian racing driver. Career Formula Three Valerio drove in the Formula Three Sudamericana championship from 2003 to 2005, winning the title in his final year of the category. Fo ...

(born 1985), Brazilian racing driver *

Alessandro Valerio Alessandro Valerio (May 18, 1881 – May 28, 1955) was an Italian horse rider. He competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olymp ...

(1881-1955), Italian horse rider *

Edvaldo Valério Edvaldo Valério Silva Filho (born April 20, 1978, in Salvador, Bahia) is a freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer from Brazil. He competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There, he was a member of the men' ...

(born 1978), Brazilian swimmer *

Gabriel Valerio Theatres des Vampires is an Italian gothic metal band, mostly noted for the predominant theme of vampirism within their lyrics. The band's early material was credited as melodic black metal or symphonic black metal, but the group completely aban ...

, Italian drummer for Theatres des Vampires *

Joaquín Enrique Valerio Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim. Given name * Joaquín (footballer, born 1956), Spanish football midfielder * Joaquín (footballer, born 1981), Spanish football winger * Joaquín (footballer, born 1982), ...

(born 1973), Spanish footballer * Joe Valerio (born 1969), American football player *

Luca Valerio Luca Valerio (1553–1618) was an Italian mathematician. He developed ways to find volumes and centers of gravity of solid bodies using the methods of Archimedes. He corresponded with Galileo Galilei and was a member of the Accademia dei Lince ...

(1552–1618), Italian mathematician *

Marcos Valério Marcos Valério Fernandes de Souza (born January 29, 1961) is a Brazilian businessman in the field of public relations. He is the owner of two communications firms: DNA and SMP&B. Because of his involvement in the Mensalão scandal, he was sente ...

(born 1961), Brazilian convicted criminal * Matt Valerio, American hip hop producer *

Melanie Valerio Melanie M. Valerio (born May 7, 1969) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. Valerio was born in Campbell, Ohio and graduated from the Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio. Afterward, she attended the University of Vi ...

(born 1969), American Olympic swimmer *

Pompilio Cacho Valerio Pompilio Cacho Valerio (born 22 December 1976) is a former List of Hondurans, Honduran Association football, football player who plays as Forward (association football), forward. Club career A much-travelled striker, Cacho started his career a ...

(born 1976), Honduran footballer * Raúl Valerio (born 1925), Mexican actor * Renz Valerio (born 1998), Filipino child actor *

Samuel Valerio Samuel ben Judah Valerio () was a Jewish physician and author who lived in the Grecian Archipelago in the second half of the sixteenth century. He wrote ''Yad ha-Melekh'' (completed in Corfu in 1579, published in Venice in 1586), a commentary on t ...

(), Greek physician and author