Given name
Malte
“helmet”
Malte is a masculine given name from Old High German, meaning “helmet.” It is used in German, Swedish, and Danish.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In German usage, Malte is a short form of HELMOLD. In Danish usage, Malte is a diminutive of Helmolt.
Malte’s family of names
In German usage, Malte is a short form of HELMOLD. In German usage, Malte has a conventional equivalent in the Danish form MALTI. In German usage, Malte has a related form in HELMOLD.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Malte
- Malte JakschikGerman rowerborn 1993
- Malte MohrGerman pole vaulterborn 1986
- Malte PerssonSwedish writerborn 1976
- Malte JaegerGerman actor (1911–1991)
- Malte AmundsenDanish footballerborn 1998
- Malte HellwigGerman field hockey playerborn 1997
- Malte GalléeGerman politicianborn 1993
- Malte StrömwallSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1994
- Malte SetkovDanish ice hockey player (born 1999)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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