Given name & surname · Russian
Вальтер
“law”
Вальтер is a masculine given name from German. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Вальтер goes back to German Walter, meaning “law.”
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Where it comes from
Вальтер comes from German, and ultimately from English.
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How it developed
From German Walter, from Latin Wacho, from Old Norse, from English Waldere.
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Вальтер’s family of names
In Russian usage, Вальтер has a conventional equivalent in the German form Walter.
The ring: across languages.
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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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