Given name · also Swedish
Valtteri
“the commander of the army”
Valtteri is a variant of Valter. In Swedish use, Valter carries the interpretation “the commander of the army.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Valtteri is a variant of Valter. In Swedish use, Valter carries the interpretation “the commander of the army.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Valtteri comes from Swedish, and ultimately from Old High German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Valtteri developed from Waltheri.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2023. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Valtteri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 7 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Valtteri’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Valtteri has a nickname in Vallu. In Finnish usage, Valtteri developed from the Old High German form Waltheri. In Finnish usage, Valtteri has a conventional equivalent in the English form Walter.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Valtteri has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Old High German roots to each of them.
Old High Germanwhere Valtteri comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- WalterEnglish
- Guálterequivalent
- Valtterequivalent
- Bhaltairequivalent
- Gualtieroequivalent
- Waldharequivalent
- Valteroequivalent
- Gualteriusequivalent
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People named Valtteri
- Valtteri BottasFinnish Formula 1 racing driverborn 1989
- Valtteri FilppulaFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1984
- Valtteri MorenFinnish footballerborn 1991
- Valtteri KemiläinenFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1991
- Valtteri PuustinenFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1999
- Valtteri JokinenFinnish judokaborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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