Valentin
Valentin is a male given name meaning "strong, healthy, power, rule". It comes from the Latin name Valentinus, as in Saint Valentin. Commonly found in Argentina, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia, Ukraine, Latin America, Spain and Croatia. Valentin is also used as a surname in Spanish and German speaking-countries.
Given name
First name
- Valentin Abel, German politician
- Valentin Alexandru, Romanian footballer
- Valentín Alsina, Argentine statesman
- Valentín Barco, Argentine footballer
- Valentín Bettiga, Argentine basketball player
- Valentin Blass, German basketball player
- Valentin Barbero, Argentine footballer
- Valentin Bondarenko, Soviet fighter pilot
- Valentin de Boulogne, French painter
- Valentín Burgoa, Argentine footballer
- Valentin Brunel, French DJ known as Kungs
- Valentin "Val" Brunn, German electronic music producer and DJ known as Virtual Riot
- Valentin Bosioc, Romanian bodybuilder
- Valentín Carboni, Argentine footballer
- Valentín Castellanos, Argentine footballer
- Valentin Ceaușescu, Romanian physicist
- Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian–American ballroom dancer
- Valentin Coșereanu, Romanian footballer
- Valentin Crețu (disambiguation), several people
- Valentin Demidov, Russian politician
- Valentín Depietri, Argentine footballer
- Valentín Díaz, Filipino patriot
- Valentin Dikul, Russian circus artist
- Valentin Dzhavelkov, Bulgarian Olympic pentathlete
- Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer
- Valentin Eysseric, French footballer
- Valentin Fernández Coria, Argentine chess player
- Valentin Friedland, German scholar
- Valentin Gaft, Russian actor
- Valentin Gapontsev, Russian–American billionaire
- Valentin Gasc, Argentine footballer
- Valentin Gheorghe, Romanian footballer
- Valentin Gjokaj, Albanian footballer
- Valentin Glushko, Soviet rocket engineer
- Valentín Gómez, Argentine footballer
- Valentin Grubeck, Austrian footballer
- Valentín Haberkon, Argentine footballer
- Valentin Haussmann, German composer
- Valentin Inzko, Austrian diplomat
- Valentin Ivanov (disambiguation), several people
- Valentín Larralde, Argentine footballer
- Valentin Madouas, French cyclist
- Valentín Mancini, Argentine footballer
- Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, Congolese philosopher, professor, and author
- Valentin Nikolayev (disambiguation), several people
- Valentin Olenik, Russian Olympic wrestler
- Valentín Otondo, Argentine footballer
- Valentin Parnakh, Russian jazz musician
- Valentín Perales, Argentine footballer
- Valentín Perrone, Argentine motorcycle racer
- Valentin Plătăreanu, Romanian actor
- Valentin Poénaru, Romanian–French mathematician
- Valentin Prades, French Olympic pentathlete
- Valentin Purosalo, Finnish footballer
- Valentin Rapp, German squash player
- Valentin Roberge, French footballer
- Valentin Rose (disambiguation), several people
- Valentin Rosier, French footballer
- Valentin Sabella, Argentine footballer
- Valentin Sanon, Ivorian tennis player
- Valentin Sarov, Bulgarian–Qatari weightlifter
- Valentin Serov, Russian painter
- Valentin Shashin, Soviet politician
- Valentin Stocker, Swiss footballer
- Valentin Strukov, Estonian politician
- Valentin Teodosiu, Romanian actor
- Valentín Trujillo (actor), Mexican actor, writer and director
- Valentín Umeres, Argentine footballer
- Valentín Vada, Argentine footballer
- Valentín Vergara, Argentine lawyer and politician
- Valentín Viola, Argentine footballer
- Valentin Vodnik, Slovenian intellectual, linguist, poet, journalist and editor
- Valentin Yordanov, Bulgarian Olympic wrestler
Middle name
- Charles-Valentin Alkan, French-Jewish composer and pianist
- Franco Valentín Flores, Argentine footballer
- Hans-Valentin Hube, German Wehrmacht general
Surname
- Dave Valentin, American Latin jazz flautist
- Gabriel Valentin, German physiologist
- Isabelle Valentin, French politician
- Karl Valentin, German comedian, author and film producer
- Bobby Valentín, "El Rey del Bajo"
- Rodolfo Valentin, Argentine hairdresser