Valerie
[val-uh-ree]
- a female given name.
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Also Va·le·ri·a [vuh-leer-ee-uh] /vəˈlɪər i ə/, Val·e·ry.
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Examples from the Web for valerie
Contemporary Examples
Special praise goes to Kudrow for the way she broadened the scope of Valerie Cherish in Season 2.
There was poop humor—literally—when Valerie's house becomes flooded with fecal matter after a pipe bursts.
There was the obvious sight gags of Valerie not realizing who everyone was clapping for, when the party was clapping for her.
As I was coming out, my sister [Valerie] tugged on me and said, ‘That’s the boy who kicked me off my bicycle.
NCIS managed to eavesdrop on phone calls Wright made to his mother, Valerie Burgess.
Historical Examples
Valerie de Ventadour had been but the fancy of a roving breast.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Valerie and Reine must have been on the watch, for they hastened forward.
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
Weak and good-natured as he was, Valerie was really the one with will.
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
And what an echo did those names awaken in the past: Valerie Morange!
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
Terrified by that threat, Valerie had blenched, and had felt her spirit deserting her.
St. Martin's SummerRafael Sabatini
Word Origin and History for valerie
Valerie
fem. proper name, French, from Latin fem. of Valerius, name of a Roman gens, from valere "to be strong" (see valiant).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper