Save Gender Masculine Usage Russian, Old Church Slavic Scripts Уалерий(Russian, Church Slavic) Other Forms FormsVariant transcriptions: Ualeri, Ualerii, Ualerij, Ualery. Meaning & History Russian form of Valerius via its hellenized (ancient Greek) form Oualerios. Also compare the Russian name Valeriy, which is directly derived from Valerius.