Valeria or Valéria is a female given name dating back to the Latin verb valere, meaning "to be strong". The male version is Valerius, Valerio or Valery. Valeria is also connected to the same root with the name, "Valentine," and "Valerian," or "Valeriana officinalis," the herb.

It is primarily used in Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovene, Croatian, Italian, Romanian, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Greek. It means "strong, healthy, or capable."

The form Valéria is used in Portuguese, Hungarian and Slovak.

• Valeria of Milan, or Saint Valeria, Christian martyr (1st or 2nd century)
• Valeria, a Christian saint martyred with Anesius

• Valeria (wife of Sulla), the fourth wife of Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla
• Valeria Maximilla, Roman empress as the wife of Emperor Maxentius
• Valeria Messalina, Roman empress as the third wife of Emperor Claudius

• Valeriya, Russian pop star
• Valeria Bertuccelli, Argentine film and television actress
• Valeria Cavalli, Italian actress
• Valeria Ciangottini, Italian actress
• Valeria Díaz, Argentine actress and singer
• Valeria Gastaldi, Argentine singer
• Valery Gergiev, Ossetian-Russian conductor
• Valeria Golino, Italian-Greek film and television actress
• Valeria Kozlova, Russian musician also known as Lera Kozlova
• Valeria Marini, Italian model, actress, showgirl and fashion designer
• Valeria Morales, Puerto Rican singer and actress
• Valeria Moriconi, Italian actress
• Valery Ortiz, Puerto Rican actress
• Valeria Solarino, Italian actress
• Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian-French actress
• Valeria Lukyanova, Ukrainian model, best known as Human Barbie.

• Valeria Lipczynski (1846–1930), American businesswoman

• Valeriya Gnarovskaya, Soviet military hero
• 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 Mezhlauk, Latvian-German and former Chairman of GOSPLAN from 1934 to 1937
• Valeri Polyakov, Russian former Cosmonaut

• Valery V. Afanasyev, Russian hockey coach
• Valery Belenky, Azerbaijani-German former Olympic artistic gymnast
• Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian international footballer
• Valeriya Gansvind (born 1965), Estonian chess player
• Valery Karasyov, former Olympic artistic gymnast
• Valeri Kharlamov, Russian former Olympic hockey player
• Valery Kerdemelidi, former Olympic artistic gymnast
• Valeria Kleiner, German football player
• Valery Likhodey, Russian basketball player
• Valeri Liukin, Kazakh-American former Olympic artistic gymnast and current gymnastics coach. Father of Nastia Liukin
• Valeria Lyulyaeva, Russian rower
• Valeri Nichushkin, Russian NHL hockey player
• Valery Postnikov, former Russian hockey player and coach
• Valeri Qazaishvili, Georgian international footballer
• Valery Rozov, former Russian BASE jumper
• Valeria Solovieva, professional Russian tennis player
• Valeria Spälty, Swiss curler
• Valeria Starygina, Russian ice dancer
• Valeria Zenkova, Russian ice dancer

• Valaria (Weapon Zero): a fictional character in the Top Cow Universe by Joe Benitez and Marc Silvestri
• Valeria, a character in Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
• Valeria (Conan the Barbarian), character in the stories and films concerning Conan the Barbarian
• Valeria (The Book of the New Sun), character in Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun series
• Valeria Richards, fictional character in the Marvel Universe
• Valeria Watt, a character in Carry On Screaming! played by Fenella Fielding
• Valeria, a deserting soldier in the first Suikoden game
• Valeria: a fictional character in the Mexican telenovela El Cuerpo del Deseo
• Valeria: a fictional detective in the novel The Law and the Lady
• Valeria Ferrer, a character in the telenovela Carrusel
• Valery, a character in The Sopranos played by Vitali Baganov. Valery was a member of the Russian mob and acquainted with Tony Soprano.

• Valeriya, Russian singer
• Valerie (given name)
• Valery

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: William Ramsay (1870). "Valeria". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 3. p. 1215.