Baby names starting with V
31 names beginning with V, each with an editorial meaning and origin note and its real popularity rank from the 2025 U.S. Social Security Administration data. Rank is U.S.-only and reflects how records are grouped in that source.
- Valentin from the Latin Valentinus, from 'valens' = strong, healthy, vigorous
- Valentina feminine of Latin Valentinus, from 'valens' = strong, vigorous, in good health
- Valentino Italian form of the Latin Valentinus, from 'valens' = strong, healthy, vigorous
- Valeria feminine of the Roman family name Valerius, from Latin 'valere' = to be strong, to be healthy
- Valerie French form of Latin Valeria, feminine of the Roman family name Valerius, from 'valere' = to be strong, to be healthy
- Valery variant of Valerie, from the Roman family name Valerius, from Latin 'valere' = to be strong, to be healthy
- Valley English word name, from Old French 'valee', from Latin 'vallis' = valley
- Valor English word name, from Latin 'valor' = worth, courage, from 'valere' = to be strong
- Vance transferred English surname, from Old English 'fenn' = fen, marsh; a name for someone who lived by marshland
- Vanessa coined by Jonathan Swift for his friend Esther Vanhomrigh, joining the 'Van' of her surname to 'Essa', a pet form of Esther
- Vaughn from the Welsh 'fychan', a mutated form of 'bychan' = small, little; originally a byname for the younger of two men
- Veda from Sanskrit 'veda' = knowledge, sacred lore, the name of the oldest Hindu scriptures
- Vera Russian Vera = faith, one of a trio of virtue names with Nadezhda and Lyubov; also read as Latin 'vera' = true
- Veronica Latin form of Berenice, from Greek Pherenike = 'bringer of victory', reshaped under the Latin phrase 'vera icon' = true image, after the cloth said to bear the face of Christ
- Vicente Spanish and Portuguese form of Vincent, from Latin 'vincere' = to conquer
- Victor from Latin 'victor' = conqueror, winner; taken up by early Christians for Christ's victory over death
- Victoria Latin 'victoria' = victory; the Roman goddess of victory, and the queen who gave her name to an age
- Vida Spanish and Portuguese 'vida' = life, from Latin 'vita'
- Vienna place name, from the Austrian capital; its Roman name Vindobona is Celtic, from 'vindo-' = white, fair + 'bona' = base, settlement
- Viktor Central and Eastern European form of Victor, from Latin 'victor' = conqueror, winner
- Vincent from Latin Vincentius, from 'vincere' = to conquer; 'conquering'
- Vincenzo Italian form of Vincent, from Latin 'vincere' = to conquer
- Viola from Latin 'viola' = the violet, a flower; also the heroine of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
- Violet from the flower, through Old French 'violette', a diminutive of Latin 'viola' = violet
- Violeta Spanish and Romanian form of Violet, from Latin 'viola' = the violet flower
- Violetta Italian form of Violet, from Latin 'viola' = the violet flower
- Virginia from the Roman family name Verginius, later spelled Virginius and pulled toward Latin 'virgo' = maiden; the American colony was named for Elizabeth I
- Vivian from Latin Vivianus, from 'vivus' = alive, living
- Viviana Italian and Spanish form of Viviana, from Latin 'vivus' = alive, living
- Vivianna elaboration of Vivian or Viviana, from Latin 'vivus' = alive, living
- Vivienne French feminine of Vivian, from Latin 'vivus' = alive, living
Only names carrying a meaning note are listed here. Popularity-only records exist for many more spellings and are reachable through the full directory search.
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