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First name origins & meanings:

  1. English: Strong
  2. Hindi: Mighty soldier

First name variations: Valyn, Valin

Last name origin & meaning:

Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads, notably along the coast from Hordaland and northward, so named from Old Norse vaðill ‘ford’, denoting shallow water, for example in a bay or strait.

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