Malte

Malte is a male first name with a Danish or German origin whose meaning is unknown.

Most likely he is a (slightly ) shortened form of North German name Helmold. The name has been used in Denmark since the 12th century and was over Skåne in Sweden catchment to which the province was in later times. The name is also common in northern Germany. The name is found in Danish as Malthe or in the older form Molte.

Name-day

In Sweden, the name day of Malte November 28.

Fame

The name became famous in 1910 by Rainer Maria Rilke's novel " The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge ". At present the name in northern Germany is chosen more frequently.

Well-known bearers of the name

First name

  • Malte Abelmann -Brockmann (* 1995), German handball player
  • Malte Arkona (* 1978), German television presenter
  • Malte Beermann (* 1992), German football player
  • Malte Michael Faber ( b. 1938 ), German economist
  • Malte Friedrich ( * 1969 ), German actor
  • Malte Grashof (* 1992), German football player
  • Malte Herwig (* 1972), German journalist and author
  • Malte Hossenfelder (1935-2011), German philosopher and Latinist
  • Malte Creutzfeldt (director) (born 1969 ), German theater director
  • Malte Creutzfeldt ( journalist) (born 1971 ), German journalist
  • Malte Ludin (* 1942), German film director and producer
  • Malte Mårtensson (1916-1973), Swedish footballer
  • Malte Metzelder ( * 1982 ), German football player
  • Malte Mienert (* 1975), German psychiatrist and author
  • Malte Mohr ( * 1986), German pole vaulter
  • Malte Neumann ( * 1968 ), German musician
  • Malte Olschewski ( * 1940 ), Austrian journalist and author
  • Malte Persson (born 1976 ), Swedish writer and translator
  • Malte Petzel (1930-1972 in Dortmund), German actor, director and radio speaker
  • Malte Prietzel (* 1964), German historian
  • Malte of Putbus (1889-1945), German landowner, put to death as an alleged conspirator to the assassination attempt on 20 July 1944
  • Malte Refardt (* 1974), German bassoonist
  • Malte Riihmann (1960-2008), German composer, pianist and organist
  • Malte Schaefer ( * 1970), German violist and singer
  • Malte Schiller ( * 1982 ), German jazz musician ( saxophone, clarinet, flute )
  • Malte Schröder ( * 1987), German handball player
  • Malte Seifert ( born 1985 ), German ice hockey player
  • Malte S. Sembten (* 1965), German writer, editor and illustrator
  • Malte Semisch (* 1992), German handball player
  • Malte Spitz ( born 1984 ), German politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens )
  • Malte Thorsten (* 1951), German actor
  • Malte Urban ( born 1974 ), German cyclist
  • Malte Welding ( * 1974 ), German author, columnist and blogger

Last name

  • Wilhelm Malte I. (1783-1854), German Prince Putbus
  • Wilhelm Malte II Count von Wylich and Lottum (1833-1907), German Prince
  • Conrad Malte -Brun ( Malthe Conrad Bruun, 1775-1826 ), Danish- French geographer
  • Victor Adolphe Malte -Brun (1816-1889), French geographer and cartographer
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