Valiente Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Written in a baptism entry or a ship's list, Valiente usually leads back to Valente. Its meaning, shared with Valente, is “Brave”.

Valiente coat of arms

Arms linked to Valente and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

A variant of Valente

Records show Valiente as one of the forms Valente took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Valentín.

About 2,530 people in the United States were recorded as Valiente in 2010, placing it 12,289 on the national list. 80% of them identified as Hispanic or Latino. From 1891 to 2000, 309 births in France were registered under Valiente. For the full story, order the Valiente surname pack.