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Val is one of those things that I love when I hear it. :-) I wondered about the same thing, how to make it work as a male nickname. I used Walenty "Val" in a create-a-family game once and loved it; the inconsistency with the W and V didn't bother me. Ditto using it for Walery. I like Valeri / Valeriy when I say them how I want to but I can't seem to reconcile that with their listed pronounciations on this site, so Walery comes out ahead.

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I quite like Valerio. I love Valerian but Valerio seems less dramatic and (I think) more useable alternative.

Mm, I've never really been into Valerius/Valentine-names - they sound unfriendly IMO. But Val is very nice, overall.

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How about Yuval? Other possibilities I really like are Ivaylo, Juvenal, Valére, Orval, Valdemar (Waldemar), Valter (Walter), Vangelis and Vinal.

Valerio is nice but I don't like Val at all, sorry.

I think Val is fine on a boy, and Valerio is nice. I've always thought Valerie sounded like it could be a boy's name, so its male counterparts don't bother me.

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Other Val names:

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Valdemar
Valere
Valeri
Valerian
Valerius
Valéry
Valtteri

This message was edited 8/30/2008, 7:39 AM