Valencia

Where Valencia comes from

From Spanish Valencia, from Latin Valentia, from valentia (“power, vigour”). Doublet of Valence.
— Wiktionary's entry for Valencia
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Valencia through the years
  1. 1919
    First appearance
    #4,814 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Valencia Stovall born
    American politician
  3. 1970
    Peak, #633
    261 babies named Valencia, the most in any year.
  4. 1993
    Valencia Tanoesoedibjo born
    Indonesian businesswoman (born 1993 in Jakarta)
  5. 1998
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,359.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Valencia Stovall · American politician, born 1969
  • Valencia Tanoesoedibjo · Indonesian businesswoman (born 1993 in Jakarta), born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.