Val (given name)
Val is a variant of the feminine given name Valerie / Valeria or the masculine given names Valeri, Valene, Valentine, Valen, or Valens.
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Word/name | Latin nomen Valentinus or Valerius, Old Norse Valdr or Vald |
| Region of origin | Italy, Sweden |
Val is also a variant of the Old Norse names Vald and Valdr.
Notable people
- Val Ackerman (born 1959), American attorney, former basketball player, and first president of the Women's National Basketball Association
- Val A. Browning (1895–1994), American industrialist, philanthropist, and third generation gun innovator
- Val Bennett (died 1991), Jamaican tenor saxophonist and jazz and roots reggae musician
- Val Demings (born 1957), American politician (US representative from Florida)
- Val Doonican (1927–2015), Irish singer
- Val Gielgud (1900–1981), English actor, writer, director and broadcaster
- Val Guest (1911–2006), British film director
- Val Harris (1884–?), Irish football and Gaelic football player
- Val Kilmer (born 1959), American actor
- Val Lewton (1904–1951), American film director
- Val Lehman (born 1943) Australian actress
- Val Mayerik (born 1950), American comic-book and commercial artist, co-creator of Marvel Comics' character Howard the Duck
- Val McDermid (born 1955), Scottish crime novelist
- Val Peterson (1903–1983), American politician and 26th Governor of Nebraska
- Val Valentino (born 1956), American magician, illusionist, and actor
- Val Venis, ring name of Canadian professional wrestler, Sean Morley
- Val (sculptor), born Valérie Goutard
Fictional characters
- Val Armorr, a comic book martial artist known as Karate Kid
- Val Pollard, in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale
- Val Toriello, in the television situation comedy The Nanny
- Val Cooper, in the Marvel Comics universe
- Valene Ewing, in the American television series Dallas
- Val Resnick, in the 1999 movie Payback
- Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, an espionage agent in the Marvel Comics universe
- Darryl's love interest on the U.S. TV series The Office
- The title character in the comic strip Prince Valiant
- A fictional race in Arcanis, a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons game
- A character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, the sister of the wife of Mance Rayder
- Val Bilzerian, in the adult animated sitcom Big Mouth
See also
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