Valerij is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Valerij Popov, Russian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1999. Popov won the championship Valerij Zhuravliov, Soviet/Latvian chess master Valerij Verhušin, Macedonian wrestler

See also Valērijs (given name)

Valer (disambiguation)