Valentín Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

It is easy to miss Valentín in an index if you only search for Valente. Read literally, Valentín points to “Brave”. Records show Valentín as one of the forms Valente took over time. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

In Spain, the INE population register lists 4,597 people with Valentín as their first surname and 4,585 as their second. The 2010 US Census counted 19,211 people named Valentín, ranking it number 1,868 among American surnames. Of these, 86% identified as Hispanic or Latino.

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