valley/ˈvæli/EtymologyFrom Middle English valeye, valey, from Anglo-Norman valey, Old French valee (compare French vallée), from Latin vallēs/vallis. Doublet of vlei and vly. Displaced native dene, from dene and partially displaced native dale, from dæl.valley means A surname from landforms. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 69 out of 100.nameA surname from landforms.A placename:; A community in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.A placename:; A city in Chambers County, Alabama, United States, on the Georgia state line.A placename:; A city in Nebraska, United States.A placename:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Valley Township.A placename:; A village and community in Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH2979).nounAn elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.“The Indus River valley was the site of an ancient civilization.”An area which drains itself into a river.Any structure resembling one, e.g. the interior angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.verbTo form the shape of a valley.“These hues of red rose and green and pale green, ruffled and pouted in the billowy white of the dress ballooning and valleying softly, like a yacht before the sail bends low; […]”