Last name origin & meaning: English and Scottish: from a medieval personal name, Latin
Valentinus, a derivative of Valens (see Valente),
which was never common in England, but is occasionally found from the
end of the 12th century, probably as the result of French
influence. The name was borne by a 3rd-century saint and martyr, whose
chief claim to fame is that his feast falls on February 14, the date
of a traditional celebration of spring going back to the Roman
fertility festival of Juno Februata. A 5th-century missionary bishop
of Rhaetia of this name was venerated especially in southern Germany,
being invoked as a patron against gout and epilepsy. This name appears in the following lists:
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