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

Contents

• Notable people
• Fictional characters
• See also

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, New Zealand ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher
• Val Demings (born 1957), American politician (US representative from Florida)
• Val Doonican (1927–2015), Irish singer
• Val Fitch (1923-2015), Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner
• Val Gielgud (1900–1981), English actor, writer, director and broadcaster
• Val Guest (1911–2006), British film director
• Val Harris (1884–?), Irish football and Gaelic football player
• Val Kilmer (1959–2025), American actor
• Val Lehman (born 1943) Australian actress
• Val Lewton (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 (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, ring name of Canadian professional wrestler, Sean Morley
• Val (sculptor), born Valérie Goutard

See also

• Val (disambiguation)
• Vali (disambiguation)
• Valerie (given name)
• Valery
• Valeria (given name)

Name list

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