Valeria or Valéria is a female

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dating back to the

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verb ''valere'', meaning strong, brave and healthy "to be strong".

List of people with the given name Valeria

Religion

Valeria of Milan Saint Valeria of Milan (d. 1st or 2nd century), or Saint Valérie, according to Christian tradition, was the wife of Vitalis of Milan and the mother of Sts. Gervasius and Protasius. History "Some modern writers contend that she may have been a c ...

, or Saint Valeria, Christian martyr (1st or 2nd century) *Valeria, a Christian saint martyred with Anesius

Roman history

* Valeria (wife of Sulla), the fourth wife of Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla * Valeria Maximilla, Roman empress as the wife of Emperor Maxentius * Valeria Messalina, Roman empress as the third wife of Emperor Claudius

Arts and entertainment

* Valeriya, Russian pop star * Valeria Bertuccelli, Argentine film and television actress * Valeria Cavalli, Italian actress *

Valeria Ciangottini Valeria Ciangottini (born 6 August 1945) is an Italian film-, television-, and stage-actress. Life and career Born in Rome, at fourteen years old Ciangottini was chosen by Federico Fellini, after he noticed her at the exit of the school, for th ...

, Italian actress *

Valeria Diaz Valeria may refer to: People * Valeria (given name), a female given name * The gens Valeria, a family at Rome * Valeria (ancient Roman women), a name used in ancient Rome for women of the gens Valeria * Saint Valeria (disambiguation), several ...

, Argentine actress and singer * Valeria Gastaldi, Argentine singer * Valeria Golino, Italian-Greek film and television actress *

Valeria Kozlova Valeriya Sergeevna Kozlova (Russian: Валерия Сергеевна Козлова; (born 22 January 1988), better known as Lera Kozlova, is a Russian musician most famous for her work with the pop-rock band Ranetki where she provided the vo ...

, Russian musician also known as Lera Kozlova * Valeria Marini, Italian model, actress, showgirl and fashion designer * Valeria Morales, Puerto Rican singer and actress * Valeria Moriconi, Italian actress * Valeria Solarino, Italian actress * Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian-French actress * Valeria Lukyanova, Ukrainian model, best known as Human Barbie.

Business

Valeria Lipczynski Valeria Lipczynski (1846–1930) was an American businesswoman. Biography Lipczynski was a Polish immigrant to the United States, who immigrated in 1869. She worked as a correspondent for several Polish newspapers and played a large role i ...

(1846–1930), American businesswoman

Military, space, and government

* Valeria Alessandrini (born 1975), Italian politician *

Valeriya Gnarovskaya Valeriya Osipovna Gnarovskaya (; 18 October 1923 – 23 September 1943) was a medic in the 907th Rifle Regiment who fought on the Stalingrad Front in World War II. On 23 September 1943, when a German tank broke through the Soviet line of defence ...

, Soviet military hero *

Valeria Valente Valeria Valente (born 16 September 1976) is an Italian politician and lawyer. Valente is a member of the Democratic Party. She was born in Naples, Italy in 1976. When she was very young she was active in the politics of the student movement. A ...

(born 1976), Italian politician and lawyer

Sports

Valeriya Gansvind Valeriya I. Gansvind (also spelled Valeria, born 22 November 1965 in Moscow Oblast) is an Estonian chess player who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM). Biography Gansvind learned to play chess at age eleven. In 1983 she graduated from M ...

(born 1965), Estonian chess player *

Valeria Kleiner Valeria Katharina Kleiner (born 27 March 1991) is a German football player who plays as defender for Bayer Leverkusen in the Women Bundesliga and for the Germany Women's National U-20. Career Club career Valeria Kleiner began playing footbal ...

, German football player * Valeria Lyulyaeva, Russian rower *

Valeria Solovieva Valeriya Alexandrovna Solovyeva (russian: Валерия Александровна Соловьёва; born 3 November 1992) is Russian former professional tennis player. Solovyeva has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three ...

, professional Russian tennis player * Valeria Spälty, Swiss curler *

Valeria Starygina Valeria Sergeyevna Starygina (russian: Валерия Серге́евна Старыгина; born 13 September 1995) is a Russian ice dancer who competed with partner Ivan Volobuiev. Career Early in her career, Starygina competed with Nikol ...

, Russian ice dancer *

Valeria Zenkova Valeria Maximovna Zenkova (russian: Валерия Максимовна Зенкова; born 7 April 1995) is a Russian former ice dancer. With partner Valerie Sinitsin, she won five ISU Junior Grand Prix medals, including one gold, and placed f ...

, Russian ice dancer

Fictional characters

*Valeria, a character in '' Coriolanus'' by William Shakespeare * Valeria (Conan the Barbarian), character in the stories and films concerning Conan the Barbarian * Valeria Meghan Von Doom (née Richards), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe *Valeria Watt, a character in '' Carry On Screaming!'' played by Fenella Fielding *Valeria, a deserting soldier in the first

Suikoden is a series of role-playing video games created by Yoshitaka Murayama. The games are loosely based on the classical Chinese novel ''Water Margin'', whose title is rendered as in Japanese. Each individual game centers on themes of politics, co ...

game *Valeria: a fictional character in the Mexican telenovela '' El Cuerpo del Deseo'' *Valeria: a fictional detective in the novel '' The Law and the Lady'' *Valeria Ferrer, a character in the telenovela ''

Carrusel ''Carrusel'' () is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa in 1989. It's based on the Argentinean character Jacinta Pichimahuida (first televised in 1966), and produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1989. It ...

'' *Valeria Ferriz, a character in Elisabet Benavent's book series '' Valeria''