A valentine is a card or gift given on

Valentine's Day Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a Christian martyrs, martyr named Saint Valentine, Valentine, and ...

, 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 characters so named ** Saint Valentine of Rome, the eponym of Valentine's Day ** Pope Valentine, pope for two months in 827 * Valentine (writer), 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 (stylized in all caps when written in Latin script) is the seventh main story arc of the Japanese manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. Set in the United States in 1890, it follows the journey ...

Places

United States

* Valentine, Arizona, an unincorporated community * Valentine, Indiana, an unincorporated town *

Valentine, Kansas City Valentine is a historic neighborhood in Midtown 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 so ...

, a neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri *

Valentine, Nebraska Valentine is a city in and the county seat of Cherry County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 2,737 at the 2010 census. It is the hometown of former vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz. History Valentine was founded in 1882. The ...

, a city * Valentine National Wildlife Refuge, Nebraska * Valentine, New Jersey, an unincorporated community * Valentine, Texas, a town * Valentines, Virginia, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

* Cape Valentine, Elephant Island, Antarctica * Valentine, New South Wales, Australia, a suburb of Lake Macquarie *

Valentine Falls The Valentine Falls is a waterfall on the Valentine Creek in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. Located in the Kosciuszko National Park at an elevation of above sea level, the falls are a short walk away from Valentine H ...

, a waterfall in New South Wales * Valentine, Haute-Garonne, France, a commune * Valentines (ward), a ward of Redbridge London Borough Council, Greater London * 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 (Uruguay), Route 7 (km 234) a ...

, a town

Buildings

Valentine Theatre The Valentine Theatre is located in the downtown district of Toledo, Ohio at the corner of Superior and Adams Streets. The -year-old facility seats 901. From 1925 to approximately 1928 The Toledo Society for the Blind (Now the Sight Center of No ...

, Toledo, Ohio *

The Valentine The Valentine is a museum in Richmond, Virginia dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting Richmond's history. Founded by Mann S. Valentine II 1898, it was the first museum in Richmond. In the early 21st century, The Valentine offers ...

, 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

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" (Laufey song) (2022) * "Valentine" (Lloyd song) (2007) * "Valentine" (Måneskin song) (2023) * "Valentine" (Snail Mail song) (2021) * "Valentine" (T'Pau song) (1988) * "Valentine" (Jessie Ware and Sampha song) (2011) * "Valentine", by Fiona Apple from '' The Idler Wheel...'' * "Valentine", by

Blonde Redhead Blonde Redhead is an American alternative rock band composed of Kazu Makino (vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar) and identical twin brothers Simone (drums, keyboards) and Amedeo Pace (lead guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals) that formed in New York ...

* "Valentine", by Inhaler from '' Cuts & Bruises'' * "Valentine", by Justice from ''

Cross A cross is a religious symbol consisting of two Intersection (set theory), intersecting Line (geometry), lines, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of t ...

'' * "Valentine", by

Kina Grannis Kina Kasuya Grannis (born August 4, 1985) is an American guitarist, singer and Internet personalities, YouTuber. Grannis was the winner of the 2008 Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest, earning a recording contract with Interscope Records and ha ...

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

Revenge Revenge is defined as committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Vengeful forms of justice, such as primitive justice or retributive justice, are often differentiated from more fo ...

'' * "Valentine", by YK Osiris from ''

The Golden Child ''The Golden Child'' is a 1986 American dark fantasy action comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie. The film stars Eddie Murphy as Chandler Jarrell, a Los Angeles social worker who is informed that he is " The Chosen One", and is destined to ...

'' * "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''

Sea vessels

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

Other uses

* Valentine School (disambiguation) *

Valentine tank The Tank, Infantry, Mk III, Valentine was an infantry tank produced in the United Kingdom during World War II. More than 8,000 Valentines were produced in eleven marks, plus specialised variants, accounting for about a quarter of wartime Britis ...

, a British Second World War tank model * 447 Valentine, an asteroid * Valentine (restaurant), a chain in Quebec, Canada * Valentine, a racehorse who competed in the 1840 Grand National Steeplechase * Valentine, a

sunflower The common sunflower (''Helianthus annuus'') is a species of large annual forb of the daisy family Asteraceae. The common sunflower is harvested for its edible oily seeds, which are often eaten as a snack food. They are also used in the pr ...

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

Olivetti Valentine The Olivetti Valentine is a portable, manual typewriter manufactured and marketed by the Italian company, Olivetti, that combined the company's Olivetti Lettera 32, Lettera 32 internal typewriter mechanicals with signature red, glossy plastic bo ...

, a typewriter