Names

Means “from Aalsburg”, which is possibly Adelsburg, composed of adal “noble” and burg “fortress”.

Vietnamese form of Wen, from Sino-Vietnamese 文 (văn).

Means “customs officer” in Hungarian, a derivative of vám “customs”.

Created by Victor Hugo for Jean Valjean, the hero of his novel Les Misérables (1862). The novel explains that his father, also named Jean, received the nickname Valjean or Vlajean from a contraction of French voilá Jean meaning “here’s Jean” [1].

From a nickname derived from Spanish valiente meaning “brave”.

From the given name Valerio.

Means “son of Valeri”.

Means “son of Valentin”.

Means “son of Valentino”.

Patronymic from the given name Valente, an Italian form of Valens. A famous bearer of the surname was Jack Valenti (1921-2007), advisor to American president Lyndon Johnson.