"Valerie" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Valerie.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From French Valérie, from Latin Valeria. Doublet of Valeria. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Valérie}} French Valérie, {{der|en|la|Valeria}} Latin Valeria, {{doublet|en|Valeria}} Doublet of Valeria Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Valerie
  1. A female given name from Latin Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Translations (female given name): فَالِيرِي (fālīrī) [feminine] (Arabic), Վալերի (Valeri) (Armenian), Вале́рия (Valérija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 瓦莱丽 (Wǎláilì) (Chinese Mandarin), Valérie [feminine] (Czech), Valérie [feminine] (French), ვალერი (valeri) (Georgian), Valerie [feminine] (German), वैलेरी (vailerī) (Hindi), Valeria [feminine] (Italian), ヴァレリー (Varerī) (Japanese), バレリー (Barerī) (Japanese), ವ್ಯಾಲರೀ (vyālarī) (Kannada), 발레리 (Balleri) (Korean), Valerija [feminine] (Latvian), Waleria [feminine] (Polish), Valéria [feminine] (Portuguese), Вале́рия (Valérija) [feminine] (Russian), Valeria [feminine] (Spanish), வேலரி (vēlari) (Tamil), วาเลอรี (Thai), Вале́рія (Valérija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Valerie-en-name-MYwVDOEU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Valerie.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From valeryl, part of the chemical name of the drug, and alluding to the female name. Compare Lucy (“the drug LSD”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|valeryl}} valeryl, {{m|en|Lucy||the drug LSD}} Lucy (“the drug LSD”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Valerie (uncountable)
  1. (slang) The psychotropic drug 1V-LSD. Tags: slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Valerie-en-noun-Lh0Py56G
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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