Mountains are great, but they don’t mean much without valleys in contrast. Valleys are beautiful divots in the earth where animals can graze and be protected from the elements, and people can live in sheltered villages. As such, many people want to give their children names that reflect these qualities.
You might like to choose the name Vale for a girl. This old English name comes from a word meaning “wide river valley.” There are many English-origin names related to valleys. Kendall, popularized by the Kardashian sister, is another feminine English name. Its meaning is “valley of the River Kent.”
Dalton is a boy’s name meaning “the settlement in the valley.” This is an old name that has grown in popularity since the early 2000s. A similar English boys’ name is Holden, meaning “hollow valley.” This name will especially appeal to fans of Catcher in the Rye.
For a gender-neutral name option, you can choose Arden. Though this name is more commonly used for girls, it is sometimes used for boys too. This name means “valley of the eagle” and is the name of the mystical forest in Shakespeare’s comedy, As You Like It.
If you’re looking for some non-English options, you might choose the name Glyn (masculine) or Glynnis (feminine) mean “valley” in the Welsh language. In Finnish, the girls’ name Kielo carries the beautiful meaning, “lily of the valley.”
Aelfdene
Meaning: From the elfin valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Agee
Meaning: A valley
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
Amsden
Meaning: A valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Barclay
Meaning: Birch valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Bardene
Meaning: Valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Beldan
Meaning: From the beautiful valley
Origin: Teutonic
Gender: Boy
Belden
Meaning: From the beautiful valley
Origin: Teutonic
Gender: Boy
Blagdan
Meaning: From the dark valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Borden
Meaning: From the dark valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Camdan
Meaning: From the winding valley
Origin: Scottish
Gender: Boy
Camden
Meaning: From the winding valley
Origin: Scottish
Gender: Boy
Cowan
Meaning: Valley in a hill
Origin: Irish
Gender: Boy
Crandall
Meaning: From the crane valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Dahlia
Meaning: From the valley
Origin: Norse
Gender: Girl
Dale
Meaning: A valley
Origin: Norse
Gender: Girl
Dalena
Meaning: Small valley
Origin: English
Gender: Girl
Dallton
Meaning: Valley town
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Dalr
Meaning: From the valley
Origin: Norse
Gender: Girl
Dean
Meaning: Valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Dayle
Meaning: Lives in the valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Delman
Meaning: Man from the valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Denia
Meaning: From the valley
Origin: English
Gender: Girl
Denten
Meaning: Valley town
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Denver
Meaning: Green valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Dridan
Meaning: From the dry valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Eldan
Meaning: From the elves’valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Emek
Meaning: Valley
Origin: Hebrew
Gender: Boy
Glen
Meaning: From the valley
Origin: Celtic
Gender: Boy
Glendale
Meaning: Valley
Origin: Gaelic
Gender: Boy
Glynn
Meaning: Valley
Origin: Gaelic
Gender: Boy
Guy
Meaning: Valley
Origin: Hebrew
Gender: Boy
Harden
Meaning: From the hare’s valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Holcomb
Meaning: From the deep valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Holman
Meaning: Man from the valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Jolon
Meaning: Valley of the dead oaks
Origin: Native American
Gender: Boy
Kamden
Meaning: Winding Valley
Origin: Scottish
Gender: Boy
Kendal
Meaning: From the bright valley
Origin: Celtic
Gender: Boy
Kendall
Meaning: From the bright valley
Origin: Celtic
Gender: Boy
Leman
Meaning: From the valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Lindell
Meaning: Lives by the linden tree valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Lyman
Meaning: From the valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Mardon
Meaning: From the valley with the pool
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Oakden
Meaning: From the oak tree valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Odell
Meaning: Of the valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Parsefal
Meaning: Valley piercer
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Sawsan
Meaning: Lily of the valley
Origin: Muslim
Gender: Girl
Selden
Meaning: From the willow valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Shelden
Meaning: Deep valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Taya
Meaning: Valley field
Origin: Japanese
Gender: Girl
Udell
Meaning: From the yew tree valley
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
