Save Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Roman (Hellenized) Scripts Οὐαλέριος(Ancient Greek) Other Forms FormsLate Greek form: Valerios (Βαλέριος) Meaning & History Hellenized form of Valerius. Also compare the names Silvanus and Silouanos, which show that the letter -v- was usually hellenized to -ou- by the ancient Greeks.