Ok, I personally pronounce it "Val-ee-ria" which does NOT sound like Malaria. Also, if you gonna say it sounds like Malaria then you're gonna hate the name Aria.
Valeria is beautiful is SPANISH (Vah-LEH-ria, accent on the LEH) and does not rhyme with any disease in Spanish. The word malaria is pronounced Mah-lah-ria, not mah-leh-ria. In any case, I'd prefer none of you name your daughters Valeria so mine will be unique.
― Anonymous User 7/23/2017
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In Russian, a diminutive of the name is Lera, pronounced LYE-ra. [noted -ed]