Cool name, gwendolyn!

If you do, Janie, you have to pronounce it right. It's not the more common Valerie, which has no accents. With Valaria the accent is on the "i", and goes Val ear ee a.

It also translates almost directly. Valaria Victrix means, depending on who you listen to, valorious in victory or valorious and victorious.

One of the nice things about that name is the diversity of nicknames it contains: Val, Lee, Lori, Vic, Vicky, Trixie.

I love the name Gwendolyn, btw.

Well there is a story behind my name....My Dad wanted a redheaded little girl like him. the 5 kids before me were all brunetts....when I was born with my red hair He wanted to name me Fancy Francie....Mother did not agree lol... and they settled on Mary Frances but called Francie.....I'm the only redhead out of 7 kids....my youngest sis who was killed by a Drunk driver at age 8 was a Blond.