Name: Alter
Gender: Male
Usage: Alter, of hebrew origin, is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Alter are in general originating from Israel, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Alter is: Old.
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Numerology of the first name Alter: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 2. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: cooperative, sensitive, adaptive, passive, diplomatic, peaceful, warm.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Diplomatic, Sensitive
Ruling planet: Moon
Colors: Green, Cream
Gemstones: Pearl, Jade, Moonstone
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The name Alter is ranked on the 24,664th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 8200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Alter has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Alter for each year.
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History and Origin
Alter is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Avraham Mordechai Alter (1866–1948), Hasidic rabbi
- David Alter (1807–1881), American inventor
- Dinsmore Alter (1888–1968), American astronomer and meteorologist
- Harvey Alter, American virologist
- Hobart Alter (1933–2014), American businessman
- Israel Alter (also: Yisraʾel Alter, 1901–1979), Jewish composer and last chief cantor in Hanover, Germany
- Jonathan Alter, American journalist
- Karl Joseph Alter, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Louis Alter, American composer
- Michael Alter, American businessman
- Moshe Jacob Alter, Yiddish poet
- Pinchas Menachem Alter, Hassidic rabbi
- Robert Alter, Biblical scholar
- Stephen Alter, American author
- Simchah Bunim Alter, Hassidic rabbi
- Tom Alter, Indian actor
- Yaakov Aryeh Alter, Hassidic rabbi
- Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Hassidic rabbi
- Yisrael Alter, Hassidic rabbi
- Yitzchak Meir Alter (c. 1798 – 1866), Hassidic rabbi
Given name:
- Alter Kacyzne (1885–1941), Yiddish writer
- Alter Tepliker (died 1919), Breslover Hasid and author
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