Valery

E226539

Slavic given name given name masculine given name

Valery is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Russia and other Eastern European countries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Valeri	5
Valeriy	2
Valery canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2004381 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Valery
Context triple: [Valery Gergiev, givenName, Valery]

A. Leonid
Leonid is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, notably borne by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
B. Vyacheslav
Vyacheslav is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, most notably borne by Soviet politician Vyacheslav Molotov.
C. Valentin Pavlov
Valentin Pavlov was a Soviet politician and economist who briefly served as the last Prime Minister of the Soviet Union during its final months before dissolution.
D. Xenia Chizh
Xenia Chizh is known primarily as the spouse of Anton Denikin.
E. Nikolay
Nikolay is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Russian-speaking countries and equivalent to Nicholas in English.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Valery
Target entity description: Valery is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Russia and other Eastern European countries.

A. Leonid
Leonid is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, notably borne by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
B. Vyacheslav
Vyacheslav is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, most notably borne by Soviet politician Vyacheslav Molotov.
C. Valentin Pavlov
Valentin Pavlov was a Soviet politician and economist who briefly served as the last Prime Minister of the Soviet Union during its final months before dissolution.
D. Xenia Chizh
Xenia Chizh is known primarily as the spouse of Anton Denikin.
E. Nikolay
Nikolay is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Russian-speaking countries and equivalent to Nicholas in English.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Slavic given name ⓘ given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ
category	Masculine given names of Latin origin ⓘ Russian masculine given names ⓘ Slavic masculine given names ⓘ
commonInCountry	Russia ⓘ
commonInRegion	Eastern Europe ⓘ
derivedFrom	Latin name Valerius ⓘ
etymologicalRootLanguage	Latin ⓘ
gender	masculine ⓘ
hasFeminineForm	Valeria ⓘ
hasVariant	Valery self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Valeri Valerii ⓘ Valery self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Valeriy
linguisticOrigin	Slavic languages ⓘ
meaning	healthy ⓘ strong ⓘ to be strong ⓘ
nameDayTradition	observed in some Eastern Orthodox calendars ⓘ
relatedName	Valerius ⓘ
usedInLanguage	Belarusian ⓘ Bulgarian ⓘ Other Slavic languages ⓘ Russian ⓘ Ukrainian ⓘ
writingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited