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Valentine

/VAL-en-tyne/Luganda & Igbo & Swahili · a boy’s name

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In Luganda

How to say it
VAL-en-tyne
Given to
Boys
Used in
Uganda
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Valentine

Nicknames & short forms

Val

In Igbo

How to say it
VAL-en-tyne
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria
How common
common
For a girl
Valentina

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Valentine

Nicknames & short forms

Val

From the same family

In Swahili

How to say it
VAL-en-tyne
Given to
Boys
Used in
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
How common
common
For a girl
Valentina

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

ValentineValentin

Nicknames & short forms

Val

From the same family