Walter

Germanic name, from Old Northern French Waltier, from Frankish *Waltheri (compare Old High German Waltheri), from Proto-Germanic *waldą (“ruler”) + *harjaz (“army, host”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“be strong”) + *ker- (“army”). Related to Old English Waldhere. Compare herald and Harold, which have these elements reversed.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔltɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːltə/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑltɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːltə(ɹ)

Walter

1. A male given name.
   • ~1590 William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part II, Act IV, Scene I

     Whitmore. And so am I; my name is Walter Whitmore. / How now! why start'st thou? what! doth death affright?

     Suffolk. Thy name affrights me, in whose sound is death. / A cunning man did calculate my birth, / And told me that by Water I should die. / Yet let not this make thee be bloody-minded; / Thy name is - Gaultier, being rightly sounded.

   • 1991 Julian Barnes, Talking It Over, →ISBN page 13:

     And with some appellations, the contrary applies. Like Walter, for instance. You can't be Walter in a pram. You can't be Walter until you're about seventy-five in my view.

• Walterboro

• (pet forms) Wally, Walt, Wat
• (surnames) Fitzwater, Gwatkin, Walters, Waters, Waterson, Watkin, Watkins, Watkinson, Watson, Watt, Watts

• rewalt

• Walther

From Old High German waltan (“to rule”) + heri (“army”). Cognate with English Walter.

• Rhymes: -altəʁ

Walter

1. A male given name.
2. A common patronymic surname​.

• Popular given name in Germany since the Middle Ages due to Walter of Aquitaine, a legendary Visigoth king celebrated in German folklore.

Borrowed from English or German Walter (and Walther), of Germanic origin: from Proto-Germanic *waldijaną (“ruler”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wal- (“be strong”)) + *harjōną (“army, host”). Doublet of Gualtiero.

• IPA^(key): /ˈval.ter/, [ˈväl̪t̪er]

Walter m

1. A male given name

Walter m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Walter, Alternative form of Valter

Walter c (genitive Walters)

1. A male given name, variant spelling of Valter.