Val is a variant of the feminine given names Valerie, Valeria, Valmai, Valentina or the masculine given names Valeri, Valene, Valentine, Valen, Valentino, or

Valens Valens (; ; 328 – 9 August 378) was Roman emperor from 364 to 378. Following a largely unremarkable military career, he was named co-emperor by his elder brother Valentinian I, who gave him the Byzantine Empire, eastern half of the Roman Em ...

. Val is also a variant of the Old Norse names Vald and Valdr.

Notable people

* Val Ackerman (born 1959), American attorney, former basketball player, and first president of the Women's National Basketball Association * Val Bennett (died 1991), Jamaican tenor saxophonist and jazz and roots reggae musician * Val Bettin (1923–2021), American actor * Val A. Browning (1895–1994), American industrialist, philanthropist, and third generation gun innovator *

Val Deakin Valerie Ann Deakin is a New Zealand dancer, choreographer and dance teacher. Deakin danced, choreographed and taught in the UK, Turkey and the US before returning to New Zealand. She established a dance school and theatre trust in Taranaki, wh ...

, New Zealand ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher * Val Demings (born 1957), American politician (US representative from Florida) *

Val Doonican Michael Valentine 'Val' Doonican (3 February 1927 – 1 July 2015) was an Irish singer of traditional pop, easy listening and novelty songs, noted for his warm and relaxed vocal style. A crooner, he found popular success, especially in t ...

(1927–2015), Irish singer * Val Fitch (1923-2015), Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner * Val Gielgud (1900–1981), English actor, writer, director and broadcaster *

Val Guest Val Guest (born Valmond Maurice Grossman; 11 December 1911 – 10 May 2006) was an English film director and screenwriter. Beginning as a writer (and later director) of comedy films, he is best known for his work for Hammer Film Productions, ...

(1911–2006), British film director * Val Harris (1884–?), Irish football and Gaelic football player *

Val Kilmer Val Edward Kilmer (December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025) was an American actor. Initially a stage actor, he later found fame as a Leading actor, leading man in films in a wide variety of genres, including Comedy film, comedies, dramas, action fi ...

(1959–2025), American actor * Val Lehman (born 1943) Australian actress *

Val Lewton Val Lewton (May 7, 1904 – March 14, 1951) was a Russian-American novelist, film producer, and screenwriter best known for a string of low-budget horror films he produced for RKO Pictures in the 1940s. His son, also named Val Lewton, was a pai ...

(1904–1951), American film director * Val Mayerik (born 1950), American comic-book and commercial artist, co-creator of Marvel Comics' character Howard the Duck *

Val McDermid Valarie McDermid (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of novels featuring clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill and his collaborators in the police department. Her work is considered to be part of a sub-genre k ...

(born 1955), Scottish crime novelist * Val Peterson (1903–1983), American politician and 26th Governor of Nebraska * Val Valentino (born 1956), American magician, illusionist, and actor *

Val Venis Sean Allen Morley (born March 6, 1971), better known by his ring name Val Venis, is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE) from 1998 to 20 ...

, ring name of Canadian professional wrestler, Sean Morley * Val (sculptor), born Valérie Goutard

Fictional characters

* Val Armorr, a comic book martial artist known as Karate Kid * Val Pollard, in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' * Val Toriello, in the television situation comedy ''The Nanny'' * Val Cooper, in the Marvel Comics universe * Valene Ewing, in the American television series ''Dallas'' * Val Resnick, in the 1999 movie '' Payback'' * Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, an espionage agent in the Marvel Comics universe * Darryl's love interest on the U.S. TV series ''

The Office ''The Office'' is the title of several mockumentary sitcoms based on a British series originally created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as '' The Office'' in 2001. The original series also starred Gervais as manager and primary charac ...

'' * The title character in the comic strip ''

Prince Valiant ''Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur'', often simply called ''Prince Valiant'', is an American comic strip created by Hal Foster in 1937. It is an epic adventure that has told a continuous story during its entire history, and the full s ...

'' * A fictional race in Arcanis, a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game * A character in the

A Song of Ice and Fire ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the first volume, ''A Game of Thrones'', in 1991, and published it in 1996. Martin, who originally envisioned the ser ...

series, the sister of the wife of Mance Rayder * Val Bilzerian, in the adult animated sitcom '' Big Mouth'' * Val Thundershock, a character from '' Trolls: TrollsTopia'' * Val Little, a character from

Monsters at Work ''Monsters at Work'' is an American animated sitcom developed by Bobs Gannaway that premiered on Disney+ on July 7, 2021, as part of Pixar's ''Monsters, Inc. (franchise), Monsters, Inc.'' franchise. Based on and a direct continuation of ''Monst ...

* Val Ortiz, a character from

Inside Out 2 ''Inside Out 2'' is a 2024 American animated coming-of-age film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The sequel to '' Inside Out'' (2015), it was directed by Kelsey Mann and was produced by Mark Nielsen, from a screen ...

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