I'm not a huge fan of Valerie but I do think it strikes a nice balance of classic but not overly popular. It may be a little dated but not so much that I'd rule it out.

Good choice! Most people would not expect it, but it does not veer too far from today's names.

Anonymous wrote:Like it. We have Czech friends who named their daughter Valerie (pronounced VAL-er-ee-uh) a year ago. I wouldn't worry about it fitting in with the "current generation" of names--that's way to hard to define. It's a nice name that's not super-trendy and not way out of date.

Love it! I agree it strikes a nice balance that the pp mentioned.

It's not really my style, but I think it is a nice name and it's unlikely there will be 3 other Valeries in her class. Great choice!

I like it!

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I like it. Go for it.

I really like it. My cousin has a 7 year old Valerie and I think it's such a sweet name.

Like it. We have Czech friends who named their daughter Valerie (pronounced VAL-er-ee-uh) a year ago. I wouldn't worry about it fitting in with the "current generation" of names--that's way to hard to define. It's a nice name that's not super-trendy and not way out of date.

I really like it. Reminds me of the Amy Winehouse song.

I really like this name and would have considered it, but it doesn't go at all with our last name. Go for it!

I like it. You can call her Val. It's cute.

Very nice!

You know it's not my taste, but I have no real objections to it. It's not in style, exactly, but it's not out of style like Hortense. Rock on, Valerie's mom.

I like it!

What do you guys think of Valerie? Too old fashioned? Not old fashioned enough? DH and I like it, but I'm not sure it fits with the current generation of names.