Valerie: to me a happy, smart, friendly, interesting name. It's on my long list.
I don't like Valeria. The -ie ending makes Valerie much brighter and less glammy / clammy.
I don't really care for the nickname Val; it strikes me as a little too forceful. If I was a Valerie, I'd not let people call me Val. Perhaps Vallie... since the 80s are gone and Valley Girls are mostly mercifully forgotten.
- chazda