Walter (name)

Walter is a male first name, one for the "h" shortened form of Walther. From this name is also the name Walter is derived.

Dissemination

The name Walter was one of the mid-1890s until the mid-1920s, the ten most awarded first names for boys in Germany, was there in the early years of the 20th century often ranked as one of frequency statistics. In the 1930s and 1940s, his popularity then decreased gradually at first, from the mid-1950s sharply. Today, children are rarely called Walter.

Variants

  • Danish: Valder, Valter, Valther, Walder, Walther
  • German: Walther, Wolter Old High German: Walthari, Walt Heri
  • Low German: Wolter
  • Bavarian: Woidda
  • Swiss German: Walti, whales, Wali, Walo, Wadi, Wädu

Origin and Meaning

The name Walter sits down, just as the same meaning Harald, from the root words walt ( Old High German: waltan ' rule ') and Heer ( Old High German: heri ' task force ') together.

Name Days

  • Valter: January 29 (Finland, Sweden), August 17 (Sweden), October 12 (Norway )
  • Valtteri: January 29 (Finland )
  • Volter: January 29 (Finland, Sweden)
  • Walter: January 22 Walter of Bierbeek ( Austria ) March 23 or April 8 by Walter of Rebais ( Germany, Hungary), May 17, Walter of Mondsee ( Germany, Austria ), July 16 (Hungary ), November 16, Walt ( g) of Dornsberg, November 29 ( Austria ), December 10 ( Switzerland )

Bearers of the name (selection)

  • Waltger ( Wolderus, or Walter, † 825 ), founded around 789 the later imperial abbey of Herford; Holy
  • Walter I. ( Vexin ) ( † after 992 ), Count of Vexin, Amiens and Valois
  • Walter II ( Vexin ) ( † after 1017 ), Count of Vexin, Amiens and Valois
  • Walter III. ( Vexin ) (c. 1031-1063 )
  • Walter I. Brisebarre († 1135 ), Lord of Beirut in the Kingdom of Jerusalem
  • Walter II Brisebarre ( † after May 1169 ), Lord of Beirut in the Kingdom of Jerusalem
  • Walter III. Brisebarre († 1179 )
  • Walter I. Garnier (* 1110, † 1154 ), Lord of Caesarea
  • Walter II Garnier († 1189-1191 Acre ), Lord of Caesarea
  • Walter II of Avesnes (* 1170, † 1245/46 ), Lord of Avesnes, Leuze, Conde and Guise
  • Walter II of Châtillon († 1148 ), Lord of Châtillon, Crécy, and Troissy Montjay
  • Walter of St. Abraham ( cognomine Walter Mohammed, lat Walterus Mahumeth, French Gauthier Mahomet, † 1118 ), Lord of St. Abraham in the Kingdom of Jerusalem
  • Walter III. ( Brienne ) ( † 1205 )
  • Walter III. of Châtillon († 1219 )
  • Walter Bonatti (1930-2011), Italian mountaineer and author
  • Walter ( Wroclaw ) ( † 1169 ), Bishop of Breslau
  • Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), German philosopher
  • Walter Eschweiler (* 1935), German football referee
  • Walter Frosch (1950-2013), German football player
  • Walter Gargano ( born 1984 ), Uruguayan football player
  • Walter Giller (1927-2011), German actor
  • Walter de Gray ( † 1255 ), English prelate and statesman
  • Walter Gropius (1883-1969), German architect
  • Walter " Wal " Handley (1902-1941), British motorcycle and car racing driver
  • Walter Janka (1914-1994), German publisher
  • Walter Jens (1923-2013), German classical scholar and writer
  • Walter Jokisch (1914-1984), German actor
  • Walter Kempowski (1929-2007), German writer
  • Walter Matthau (1920-2000), American film actor
  • Walter Moers ( born 1957 ), German comic artist, illustrator and author
  • Walter Momper (* 1945), German politician ( SPD), Governing Mayor of Berlin ( 1989-1991)
  • Walter of Mortagne (* before 1100, † 1174 ), teacher of theology and philosophy, Bishop
  • Walter Newman (1916-1993), American screenwriter
  • Walter Novellino ( born 1953 ), Italian football player and coach
  • Walter Ohm (1915-1997), German radio drama and theater director
  • Walter Pauly ( district administrator ) ( 1871-1959 ), German jurist
  • Walter Pauly ( lawyer) ( born 1960 ), German legal scholar
  • Walter Pagliara ( Walter of Palearia, † probably 1230), Bishop, Chancellor of the Kingdom of Sicily
  • Walter Riester (* 1943), German politician ( SPD), Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
  • Walter Röhrl ( born 1947 ), German race car driver
  • Walter Roderer (1920-2012), Swiss folk actor
  • Walter von Saint- Omer (* 1110, † by 1178 ), Flemish Crusaders, Prince of Galilee
  • Walter Scheel (* 1919), German politician (FDP ), Federal President
  • Walter Scherau (1903-1962), German folk actor
  • Walter Schmid Feininger (1933-2013), Austrian actor
  • Walter Siegenthaler (1923-2010), Swiss physician
  • Walter Slezak (1902-1983), Austrian and American actor
  • Walter "Kid" Smith (1895-1977), American Old-time musicians
  • Walter von Speyer ( † 1027), Bishop of Speyer
  • Walter Szot (1920-1981), U.S. American football player
  • Walter Ulbricht (1893-1973), Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic
  • Walter Wallmann (1932-2013), German politician ( CDU)
  • Walter Zenga ( born 1960 ), Italian football player and coach
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