Val is a variant of the feminine names Valerie, Valeria, Valmai, Valentina, or Valene; as well as the masculine names Valeri, Valentine, Valen, Valentino, or Valens.
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 (1884–1963), 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
Fictional characters Val Armorr, a comic book martial artist known as Karate Kid Val Pollard, in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale Val Toriello, in the television situation comedy The Nanny Val Cooper, in the Marvel Comics universe Valene Ewing, in the American television series Dallas Val Resnick, in the 1999 movie Payback Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, an espionage agent in the Marvel Comics universe Darryl's love interest on the U.S. TV series The Office The title character in the comic strip Prince Valiant A fictional race in Arcanis, a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons game A character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, the sister of the wife of Mance Rayder Val Bilzerian, in the adult animated sitcom Big Mouth Val Thundershock, a character from Trolls: TrollsTopia Val Little, a character from Monsters at Work Val Ortiz, a character from Inside Out 2
See also Val (disambiguation) Vali (disambiguation) Valerie (given name) Valery Valeria (given name)