Family name origins & meanings
- French : from the personal name Valére, from Latin Valerius (see Valerio).
- English : topographic name for a dweller in a valley, from a noun derivative of Old French val ‘valley’ or possibly Middle English valeye.
- A Vallier, also recorded as Valliere and Vallieres, from the Saintonge region of France, is documented in Quebec City in 1667.