Given name & surname
Gauthier
“a strong ruler”
Gauthier is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “a strong ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a strong ruler.”
Gauthier’s family of names
In French usage, Gauthier has a conventional equivalent in the German form Walter. In German usage, Gauthier has a related form in Walther. Gauthier has a related form in Gaultereo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Walthervariant · German
- Gautiervariant · French
- Gauthervariant
- Gaultierovariant
- Gaultereovariant
- Gaulteriovariant
- Gualtereovariant
- Gualtierovariant
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Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gauthier
- Gauthier GrumierFrench fencerborn 1984
- Gauthier BoccardBelgian field hockey playerborn 1991
- Gauthier KlaussFrench canoeistborn 1987
- Gauthier de TessièresFrench alpine skierborn 1981
- Gauthier HeinFrench association football playerborn 1996
- Gauthier DestenayBelgian architectborn 1979
- Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la CalprenèdeFrench writer1609–1663
- Gauthier GallonFrench footballerborn 1993
- Gauthier MvumbiCongo handball playerborn 1994
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