Name: Walter
Gender: Male
Usage: Walter, of german origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Walter are in general originating from Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Walter across the world, see Valter.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Walter is: Ruler of the army, Army general.
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Numerology of the first name Walter: 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 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Walter is ranked on the 562nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1035800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.015% of the population. The name Walter has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Walter for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Walter is 12 November.
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History and Origin
Walter or Walther is a masculine given name, from an Old High German Walthari, containing the elements wald "rule" and hari "army, warrior".
The Latinized form is Waltharius, the title of a poem on the legendary Gothic king Walter of Aquitaine. A fragmentary Old English poem on the same character is known as Waldere. The Dutch equivalent of the name is Wouter. The name also entered the French language as Gauthier (and Wauthier) and in Spanish language as Gutierre.
Jacob Grimm in Teutonic Mythology speculates that Walthari, literally "wielder of hosts", may have been an epithet of the god of war, Ziu or Eor, and that the circumstance that the hero of the Waltharius poems loses his right hand in battle may be significant, linking him to the Norse tradition of Tyr.
English, German, and Scandinavian: from an old Germanic personal name composed of the elements wald rule + heri, hari army, warrior. There was a native Old English form of the name, Wealdhere, but it was replaced at the time of the Conquest by the Continental forms in use among the Normans. In medieval Germany, the most famous bearer was the minnesinger Walther von der Vogelweide (c.1170–c.1230).
Variants: German: Walther. Scandinavian: Valter.
Cognates: Scottish Gaelic: Bhàtair, Bhaltair. Welsh: Gwallter. Dutch: Wouter, Wolter. Low German: Wolter. French: Gaut(h)ier. Italian, Spanish: Gualtiero.
Short forms: English: Wat (medieval, occasionally revived); Walt (esp. U.S.). Dutch: Weit. Pet form: English: Watkin.
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