What is "valery"

The French name Valery is a given name or surname of Germanic origin Walaric (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name Valerius—that explains the variant spelling Valéry .

The Slavic given name Valery, Valeriy or Valeri comes directly from the Latin name Valerius

It may refer to:

• Valery Afanassiev, a Russian pianist and author
• Valeriy Belousov, a Russian decathlete
• Valery Bryusov, a Russian poet
• Valery Chkalov, a Russian aircraft test pilot
• Valery Gazzaev, a Russian football manager
• Valery Gergiev, a Russian conductor
• Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, a former president of the French Republic
• Valery Jacobi, a Russian painter
• Valeri Karpin, a Russian football player
• Valeri Kharlamov, a Russian ice hockey player
• Valery Kipelov, a Russian heavy metal singer and composer (former member of Aria (band) and current leader of Kipelov bands)
• Valery Larbaud, a French author
• Valery Legasov, a Russian scientist. He was the chief of the investigation committee of the Chernobyl disaster.
• Valery Leontiev, a Russian pop singer
• Valeriy Lobanovskyi, a Ukrainian football manager
• Valery Meladze, a Russian pop singer
• Valery Ponomarev, Ukrainian jazz musician
• Valery Shary, a Belarusian Olympic champion weightlifter
• Valery Sigalevitch, a Russian pianist
• Valeriy Sydorenko, a Ukrainian boxer
• Valeri Syutkin, a Russian singer
• Valery Todorovsky, a Russian film director
• Valeri Zolotukhin, a Russian actor
• François Valéry, a French singer-songwriter and composer
• Paul Valéry, a French author
• Edmond Valléry Gressier, a French lawyer

Also Valeri, who may refer to:

• Carl Valeri, Australian footballer
• Diego Valeri, Argentinian football player
• Valleri, a song performed by The Monkees
• Valeri Bukrejev, an Estonian pole vaulter
• Valeri Bure, a Russian ice hockey player
• Valeri Liukin, a Russian gymnast
• Valeri Bojinov, a Bulgarian footballer