Valery

Valery

Origin
Word/name	Latin nomen Valerius
Other names
Alternative spelling	Valéry, Valerio

Valery (French: [valeri] ) is a male given name and occasional surname. It is derived from the Latin name Valerius . The Slavic given name Valeriy or Valeri is prevalent in Russia and derives directly from the Latin.

Given name

• Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist and author
• Valery V. Afanasyev, Russian hockey coach
• Valery Asratyan (1958–1996), Soviet serial killer
• Valery Belenky, Azerbaijani-German former Olympic artistic gymnast
• Valeriy Belousov, Russian decathlete
• Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian international footballer
• Valery Bryusov, Russian poet
• Valeri Bukrejev, Estonian pole vaulter
• Valeri Bure, Russian ice hockey player
• Valery Chekalov (1976–2023), Russian mercenary leader
• Valeriy Chernyshev (born 1944), Russian chemist
• Valery Chkalov, Russian aircraft test pilot
• Valery Gazzaev, Russian football manager
• Valery Gerasimov, Russian General, the current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, and first Deputy Defence Minister. He was appointed by President Vladimir Putin on 9 November 2012. Strategist who conceived the "Gerasimov doctrine" which is currently prevalent in Russian military strategy.
• Valery Gergiev, Ossetian-Russian conductor
• Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, president of the French Republic
• Valeriy Gridnev, Russian painter
• Valery Jacobi, Russian painter
• Valery Karasyov, former Olympic artistic gymnast
• Valeri Karpin, Russian football player
• Valeri Kharlamov, Russian former Olympic hockey player
• Valery Kerdemelidi, former Olympic artistic gymnast
• Valery Khodemchuk (1951–1986), Soviet engineer and first victim of the Chernobyl Disaster
• Valery Kipelov, Russian heavy metal singer and composer (former member of Aria (band) and current leader of Kipelov bands)
• Valeri Kois, Estonian politician
• Valery Larbaud, French author
• Valeriy Lebed, Ukrainian professional footballer
• Valery Legasov, Russian scientist. He was the chief of the investigation committee of the Chernobyl disaster.
• Valery Leontiev, Russian pop singer
• Valery Likhodey, Russian basketball player
• Valeri Liukin, Kazakh-American former Olympic artistic gymnast and current gymnastics coach. Father of Nastia Liukin
• Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian football manager
• Valery Meladze, Russian pop singer
• Valery Mezhlauk, Latvian-German and former chairman of GOSPLAN from 1934 to 1937
• Valeri Nichushkin, Russian NHL hockey player
• Valery Ortiz, Puerto Rican actress
• Valeri Polyakov, Russian former Cosmonaut
• Valery Postnikov, former Russian hockey player and coach
• Valery Ponomarev, Ukrainian jazz musician
• Valery Perevozchenko, Soviet engineer
• Valeri Qazaishvili, Georgian international footballer
• Valery Rozov, former Russian BASE jumper
• Valery Sablin, (1939–1976) Soviet Navy Officer and mutineer
• Valery Shary, Belarusian Olympic champion weightlifter
• Valery Sigalevitch, Russian pianist
• Valeriy Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer
• Valeriy Syutkin, Russian singer
• Valery Todorovsky, Russian film director
• Valery Wichman, LGBT rights activist from the Cook Islands
• Valeri Zolotukhin, Russian actor

Surname

• Carl Valeri, Australian footballer
• Diego Valeri, Argentine football player
• Edmond Valléry Gressier, French lawyer
• Franca Valeri, Italian actress
• François Valéry, French singer-songwriter and composer
• Heike Vallery, German mechanical engineer
• Jean Joseph Valéry (1828–1879), French businessman, diplomat and senator.
• Paul Valéry, French author

Fictional characters

• Valery, a character in The Sopranos played by Vitali Baganov. Valery was a member of the Russian mob and acquainted with Tony Soprano.

Other

• Valleri, a song performed by The Monkees

See also

• Valerie (given name)
• Valerii (name)
• Valeriu (given name)
• Valerius (name)
• Valeria (given name)
• Valerian (name)
• Valeriano (name)
• Valerianus (disambiguation)
• Valer (disambiguation)
• Valera (disambiguation)
• Valérien (disambiguation)
• Vale (disambiguation)
• Vallery, France
• Walric, abbot of Leuconay
• Saint-Vaury
• All pages with titles beginning with Valery
• All pages with titles containing Valery