Valentin

Where Valentin comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Valentin.

Valentin through the years
  1. 1865
    Valentin Serov born
    Russian painter
  2. 1908
    Valentin Glushko born
    Soviet rocket engineer
  3. 1912
    First appearance
    #1,885 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2007
    Peak, #614
    404 babies named Valentin, its best rank.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Valentin Serov · Russian painter, 1865–1911
  • Valentin Glushko · Soviet rocket engineer, 1908–1989
  • Valentin Ivanov · Soviet and Russian footballer and football coach, 1934–2011
  • Valentin Kataev · Soviet writer, playwright, screenwriter, poet, 1897–1986
  • Valentin Rasputin · Soviet and Russian writer, 1937–2015

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.