Valentin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Valentin family

The surname Valentin was first found in Vicenza, anciently known as Vicetia, a town in Venetia, capital of the province of Vicenza. It was conquered by the Venetians in 1405. It has many beautiful palaces and churches, galleries and museums. The cathedral is Gothic. The original church SS.Felice e Fortunato was built in 975 but has been much altered. It is notable for its development painters, architects, sculptors and scholars. Natives were Trissino, Palladio, Pigafetta, Fogazzaro, Mantegna, Montagna, Speranza, Scamozzi and Buoncosiglio. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry. The name is first mentioned in the year 1200 in Vicenza.

Early History of the Valentin family

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Valentin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Valenti, Vajenti, Vaienti, Valent, Valente, Valentic, Valentich, Valentin, Valentineli, Valentuzzi and many more.

Early Notables of the Valentin family

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Valentin Ranking

In the United States, the name Valentin is the 1,933^rd most popular surname with an estimated 17,409 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Valentin is ranked the 253^rd most popular surname with an estimated 14,583 people with that name. 2

Valentin migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Valentin Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Juan Valentín, went to New Spain in 1536

Valentin Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Claude Audin Valentin, aged 35, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 3
Marie Louise Valentin, aged 23, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 3
Johan Geo Valentin, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749 3
Conrad Valentin, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1749 3
Henry Valentin, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1752 3
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Valentin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Nicolas Valentin, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1816 3
Jaime Valentin, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1816 3
Juan Valentin, who arrived in New Spain in 1836 3
Katharina Valentin, who landed in America in 1836 3
Mr. Chs. Valentin, aged 24, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Neptune"
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Contemporary Notables of the name Valentin (post 1700) +

Zarek Valentin (b. 1991), American soccer player
Dave Valentin (b. 1952), American jazz flutist
Julian Valentin (b. 1987), American soccer player
José Antonio Valentin (b. 1969), former Major League Baseball infielder
François Valentin, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 4
Bobby Valentin (b. 1941), Puerto Rican musician and salsa bandleader
Karl Valentin (1882-1948), German Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer
Paul Valentin Gsel (1870-1947), French writer and critic of French art
Ludvig Valentin Lorenz (1829-1891), Danish mathematician and physicist
Johann Valentin Andreä (1586-1654), German theologian

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) François Valentin. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html