Valentine Family History
Valentine Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from a medieval personal name, Latin
Valentinus, a derivative of Valens (see Valente),
which was never common in England, but is occasionally found from the
end of the 12th century, probably as the result of French
influence. The name was borne by a 3rd-century saint and martyr, whose
chief claim to fame is that his feast falls on February 14, the date
of a traditional celebration of spring going back to the Roman
fertility festival of Juno Februata. A 5th-century missionary bishop
of Rhaetia of this name was venerated especially in southern Germany,
being invoked as a patron against gout and epilepsy. ANCHORIt is probably also an Americanization of Valentin, Valentino, and possibly other European cognates.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Valentine Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Valentine families
 528 - 1,054  177 - 527 |
 1 - 176  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Valentine families
|
173 - 344 58 - 172 |
1 - 57 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Valentine census records
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Valentine Family Origin
Valentine Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Valentine Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Valentine census records
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