Given name & surname
Valter
“the commander of the army”
In Scandinavian use, Valter has an alternative spelling in Walter. One German interpretation is “the commander of the army.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Swedish use, Valter carries the interpretation “the commander of the army.” In Scandinavian use, Valter has an alternative spelling in Walter. One German interpretation is “the commander of the army.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Swedish.
How it developed
In Scandinavian use, Valter is used as a spelling variant of Walter.
Valter’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Valter has a diminutive in VALDEKO. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Valter shares an earlier linguistic root with VALDAR. Valter has an alternative spelling in Walter.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Valter has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Swedish roots to each of them.
Swedishwhere Valter comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Valderequivalent
- Gualteriusequivalent
- Wöltjeequivalent
- Guálterequivalent
- Valtterborrowing · Finnish
- GaultierFrench
- Valdardoublet · Norwegian Nynorsk
- Valtrequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Valter
- Valter BirsaSlovenian footballerborn 1986
- Valter MatoševićCroatian handball playerborn 1970
- Valter SkarsgårdSwedish actorborn 1995
- Valter LongoCellular biologistborn 1967
- Valter KlausonEstonian Soviet politician (1913–1988)1914–1988
- Valter hugo mãePortuguese writerborn 1971
- Valter ChifuRomanian volleyball playerborn 1953
- Valter ŽupanCroatian Roman Catholic prelate (born 1938)
- Valter RomanRomanian politician (1913-1983)
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