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{{Infobox given name
'''Walter''' is a male name meaning "powerful warrior" or "ruler of the world".
| name = Walter
| image = Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) - Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) - RCIN 400644 - Royal Collection.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = '']'' by ]
| pronunciation = val-ter (Walter, German)
valt-her (Walther, German)
walt-er (Walter, English)
| gender = ]
| meaning = Army ruler, powerful ruler
| region = Northern Europe
| nickname = Wally, Walt
| origin = ]
| related names = ], ], Valtyr, ], ], Gualtiero, ], Gualter, ], ], Valteri, ], ]
| footnotes =
}}


'''Walter''' is a German and English<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=walter|title=Walter Surname Meaning & Walter Family History at Ancestry.com®|website=www.ancestry.com}}</ref> masculine given name of ] origin, composed of the elements ''walt-'' (] ''*wald-'') "power", "ruler", and ''hari'' (Proto-Germanic ''*χarja'') "army".<ref></ref>
==People==
===Walter as a given name===
* ], 12th century French poet/monk
* ], renowned CBS anchorman
* ], creator of ]
* ], aviation and mechanical artist, set designer and writer
* ], legendary baseball star pitcher of the 1910s and 1920s
* ], actor best known as "]" on '']''
* ], former ]
* ], English explorer
* ], German hammer thrower
* ], Scottish historical novelist and poet
* ], (aka "Death Valley Scotty") con man, cowboy, resident of ].
* ], German poet (c. 1170 - c. 1230)
* ], football hall of famer
* ], mayor of Rome
* ], professional bowler and horseshoe pitcher


The name was first popularized by the epic German hero ], and later from the name of the writer ].


The name is first recorded in the 6th century, with ] son of ], who was ] during 539–546. Old Germanic forms are recorded as ''Walthari'', ''Waltari'', ''Walthar'', ''Waltar'', ''Waltere'', ''Waldheri'', ''Waldhere'', ''Waltheri'', ''Walthere'', ''Walther'', ''Walter'', ''Waldher'', and ''Valter''. The Old English equivalent is ''Wealdhere'', Old Norse has ''Valðar'' and '' Valdarr''.<ref>Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' (1856), .</ref> The name entered the French language as '']'', Spanish as '']'', Portuguese as '']'' and Italian as '']''. The modern ] form of the name is '']''. The German name has also been adopted in a number of languages in the spelling '']''.
====Fictional Characters====
* An elderly, embittered puppet character named ], used in the act of ventriloquist/comedian ]
* Walter (surname unknown), the lead character in the TV movie '']'', portrayed by ]
* ], the ] from the game '']''
* ], from the book '']''.
* ] ("the Angel of Death") from '']''
* ] from the TV show ]
* ], the hero from '']''
* ], a fictional character in ] short story ]
* ], the fictional hero in ]'s ]
* Walter o'Dim, also known as ], the antagonist from '']'' series by ].
* ], from ''M*A*S*H'' ], ], and ]. He is rarely referred to as Walter, his given name.
* ], the antagonist from the game '']''
* ], from TV show ] is Betty's ex-boyfriend.


The Latinized form is '']'', the title of a poem of the late 9th or early 10th century on the legendary Gothic king ]. A fragmentary Old English poem on the same character is known as '']''. ] in '']'' speculates that ''Walthari'', literally "wielder of hosts", may have been an epithet of the god of war, ] or ], 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 ].
===Walter as a family name===
* ], quarterback with the ]
* ] aka ], 15th century German astronomer, eponym of the ] (not to be confused with the tiny ])
* ], German conductor and composer
* ], Australian singer and television/radio personality
* ] (1874-1941) American journalist and playwright
* ] (1921-1998) American poet, screenwriter and storyteller
* ], United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
* ] (1896-1977), German legislator, a member of the ]
* ] (1900-1981), German sports executive, best known as the chairman of ]
* ] (1920-2002), captain of the ] winning ]
* ] (born 1960), player for ]
* ]
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* ]
* ], engineer and inventor of various propulsion systems based on ]
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* ], Singapore politician


==Geographical distribution==
As of 2014, 43.5% of all known bearers of the surname ''Walter'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:643), 23.4% of the United States (1:5,374), 5.0% of Nigeria (1:12,307), 4.0% of France (1:5,814), 2.0% of Austria (1:1,467), 1.9% of England (1:10,157), 1.8% of Brazil (1:38,529), 1.6% of Australia (1:5,113), 1.4% of Angola (1:6,511), 1.3% of Canada (1:9,641), 1.3% of Switzerland (1:2,176), 1.2% of Ghana (1:7,682), 1.1% of Argentina (1:13,353), 1.0% of Poland (1:12,776) and 1.0% of South Africa (1:19,181).


In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:643) in the following states:<ref name="walter2014">{{Cite web|url=https://forebears.io/surnames/walter|title=Walter Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History|website=forebears.io}}</ref>
# ] (1:386)
# ] (1:422)
# ] (1:450)
# ] (1:526)
# ] (1:539)
# ] (1:599)
# ] (1:603)
# ] (1:606)
# ] (1:621)
# ] (1:627)


==Pseudonyms== ==Given name==
===Middle ages===
* Walter, the ] of the author of '']''. Some critics have identified him as ], though this remains a matter of argument
* Walter the Englishman or ] ({{fl.|c. 1175}}), Anglo-Norman poet and scribe
* ] (died 1262), French nobleman
* ] or Walter de Cerisy (died 1104), English church leader
* ] ({{fl.|887–923}}), French church leader
* ] ({{fl.|1156–1157}}), Hungarian church leader
* ] (died 1182), English church leader
* ] ({{fl.|1149–1169}}), Episcopal Walloon
* ], English knight who fought in the Hundred Years War
* ] (c.1210–1271), 1st Earl of Ulster, 2nd Lord of Connaught, Irish peer from the House of Burgh
* ] (died 1332), Anglo- Irish noble
* ] (died 1207), Archbishop of Rouen and Chief Justiciar of England
* ] (1477 or 1479–1543), 38th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
* ], twelfth-century Scottish magnate and Steward of Scotland
* ], medieval Scottish nobleman
* ] (1350–1417), English landowner and politician
* Walter of Caltagirone (Baron of Giarratana and Lord of Butera) (XIII Century), Italian politician, landowner and militarian, known for his efforts during the ].


===Modern era===
* ] (1903–?), Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police (1959–1963)
* ] (1916–2011), German-American translator
* ] (1930–2013), American mathematician
* ] (Walter James Bayola, born 1973), Filipino comedian and television personality
* ] (born 1956), president of One Laptop Per Child Software and Content
* ] (born 1961), American football player
* ] (1892–1940), German cultural critic and philosopher
* ] (Walter Owen Bentley, 1889–1971), English engineer, founder of Bentley Motors
* ] (1849–1927), Scottish-Australian Shakespearean actor
* ] (born c. 1965/1966), American politician
* ] (1865–1945), British army general
* ] (1894–1974), American actor
* ] (1887–1943), German general during World War II
* ] (1875–1940), American industrialist
* ] (1909–1988), American art collector and museum benefactor
* ] (1916–2009), American journalist
* ] (born 1974), Argentine boxer
* ] (born 1939), Indian former Director General of Police of Tamil Nadu
* ] (born 1949), American businessman, musician, and retired video game referee
* ] (1878–1965), English matte artist and special effects technician
* ] (1541–1576), English nobleman and general
* ] (Walter Elias Disney, 1901–1966), American film producer, animator and entrepreneur
* ] (1771–1823), justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals
* ] (1884–1957), Anglo-American journalist
* ] (1862–1944), German military commander during World War I and Latvian War of Independence
* ] (1905–1940), German Nazi SS commandant of Sachsenhausen concentration camp
* ] (1930–2004), American mathematician
* ], Sri Lankan Sinhala air chief marshal, Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force from 1986 to 1991
* ], several people
* ], host of the '']'' podcast and star of AMC's '']''
* ] (1907–1991), German Luftwaffe officer during World War II and a general in the Bundeswehr of West Germany
* ] (born 1960), Argentinian heavy metal guitarist
* ] (born 1943), Belgian road bicycle racer and cycling team manager
* ] (1857–1918), American physician
* ] (1938–2021), Canadian cable repairman and father of ]
* ] (born Walter James Groom, 1920–1952), British singer
* ] (1883–1969), German architect
* ] (Walter Hahn, born 1987), Austrian professional wrestler
* ] (1892–1969), American golfer
* ] (1897–1963), German general, aviator and Luftwaffe pilot during World War II
* ] (1901–1982), German diplomat and statesman
* ], German graphic designer
* ] (1878–1944), German general during World War II
* ] (1909–2004), English artist and writer best known for illustrating children's books and for helping to recreate Elizabethan theatre
* ] (born 1910; died unknown), Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (1967–1968)
* ] (1887–1946), American baseball player
* ] (1884–1973), German forest expert and politician
* ] (1915–2000), American plagiarist, known for claiming MDH Keane's big-eyed waif paintings as his own
* ] (born 1962), American author
* ] (1889–1981), American farmer
* ] (born 1936), American actor
* ] (1914–1995), US badminton champion
* ] (born 1942), German actor
* ] (1879–1968), American geodesist
* ] (1899–1994), American animator, cartoonist and film producer
* ] (1831–1866), Missouri lawyer and politician
* ] (born 1937), Italian politician
* ] (1953–2019), German politician
* ] (born 1957), Peruvian retired military general and current prime minister of Peru
* ] (1920–2000), American actor
* ] (born 1961), Italian football manager
* ] (1898–1985), American lawyer and judge
* ] (1879–1922), American politician and lawyer
* ] (1932–2019), Puerto Rican astrologer also known as Shanti Ananda
* ] (1890–1959), American Hall of Fame jockey
* ] (1921–2023), American film producer
* ] (1928–2021), American politician, Vice President of the United States (1977–1981) and 1984 Democratic Party presidential candidate
* ] (1954–2017), American funk musician, member of the Ohio Players
* ] (born 1945), Swiss actor and comedian
* ] (born 1943), American film editor and sound designer
* ] (born Walter Milton Myers, 1937–2014), American author
* ] (1923–1992), German chess master
* ] (born 1975), Irish businessman
* ] (1910–1969), Canadian journalist
* ] (1948–2021), American actor
* ] (1882–1930), German painter
* ] (born 1955), American football player
* ] (born 1996), American football player
* ] (1953–1999), American football player
* ] (born 1981), Colombian road-cyclist
* ] (1897–1984), Canadian actor
* ] (1894–1976), American composer
* ] (1960–2009), Canadian hockey player
* ] (c. 1552/1554–1618), English explorer
* ] (1906–1984), German Nazi SS colonel accused of directing the killing of hundreds of thousands of Jews in mobile gassing vans
* ] (1851–1902), US Army physician and medical researcher
* ], American politician
* ] (1878–1909), Swiss theoretical physicist
* ] (1942–1980), Guyanese historian and political activist
* ] (born 1947), German rally world champion
* ] (1928–2014), German politician
* ], American football player
* ] (Fl. 2022), American politician
* ] (born 1978), Argentine footballer
* ] (1870–1938), chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court
* ] (1910–1952), German SS functionary during the Nazi era
* ] (born 1969), American musician
* ] (1923–2007), American astronaut
* ], several people
** ] (1771–1832), Scottish novelist and poet
* ] (1880–1949), American lieutenant general responsible for US military installations in Hawaii at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
* ] (1852–1931), American lawyer and planter
* ] (1888–1966), American politician and white supremacist
* ] (1912–2003), South African politician
* ] (1948–2021), Scottish football player and manager
* ] (1895–1961), senior officer of the United States Army who served as chief of staff at Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) during the Tunisia Campaign and the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943, during World War II
* ] (1862–1940), British writer on art and architecture
* ], several people
* ] (1915–1975), American child actor
* ] (1876–1968), American athlete
* ] (born 1963), Swiss government official, Chancellor of Switzerland
* ] (1893–1973), German politician, leader of East Germany, 1950–71
* ] (born 1955), Italian writer, journalist and politician
* ] (born 1951), Dutch footballer
* ] (1819–1892), American poet, journalist, essayist and humanist
* ] (Walter Bruce Willis, born 1955), American actor
* ] (born 1947), American actor, singer, writer, director and producer
* ] (1897–1972), American columnist and radio news commentator
* ] (1905–2003), Baltic German inventor
* ] (born 1960), Italian football manager and former player
* ], US Army major general


=== Fictional and legendary characters ===
==Places==
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* ]
* ] on the ] * ], a Visigoth king in Germanic heroic legend
* Walter, in the 2005 American science fiction adventure '']''
* ], also on the ].
* Walter, an android in the 2017 Ridley Scott film '']''
* ], a Muppet character introduced in the 2011 film ''The Muppets''
* Walter, a title character of '']'', a children's television series
* ], a puppet of ventriloquist Jeff Dunham (born 1962)
* ] (real name Walter Brown), arch-enemy of Dennis the Menace from ''The Beano'' comic since 1953
* Dr. ], a scientist on the 2008–2013 TV series ''Fringe''
* ], in the Anne of Green Gables novels ''Anne of Ingleside'', ''Rainbow Valley'', and ''Rilla of Ingleside''
* ], the main antagonist of the 1989 film ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade''
* ], from the anime/manga series ''Hellsing''
* ], the main antagonist of the 1979 film ''Apocalypse Now''
* Dr. Walter Jenning, in the 1986 American science fiction movie '']''
* Walter Joseph Kovacs, the secret identity of the vigilante ] in ''Watchmen'' since 1968
* ], the title character in Craig Johnson's ''A Longmire Mystery'' Series and main protagonist of A&E and Netflix's ''LONGMIRE'' television series
* Walter Mabry, a villain in ], played by ]
* ], the title character in James Thurber's 1939 short story ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty''
* Walter Newell, secret identity of ], a Marvel Comics character since 1967
* Walter Nichols, in the Nickelodeon sitcom '']''
* Corporal ], from the 1968–1986 ''M*A*S*H'' franchise
* Walter Peck, in the 1984 American supernatural comedy movie '']''
* Walter Powell, in the American sitcom television series '']''
* Walter Raccoon, the father of Pinch and Scootch Raccoon and the husband of Wanda Raccoon in "]"
* Walter Smith, in the Nintendo video game ]
* Walter Sobchak, in the 1998 film '']''
* Walter Vetrivel, the title character of the 1993 Indian film '']''
* ], the protagonist of the 2008–2013 TV series ''Breaking Bad''
*Walter, in '']''


==Surname==
=== Medieval ===
*Walter, or FitzWalter, an armigerous family in Norman England
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**] (c. 1160 – 13 July 1205), English archbishop and justiciar


=== Early modern ===
==Companies==
*] (1496–1570), German composer and poet
* ] a.s. - Czech manufacturer of aero-engines.
*] (1740–1789), British-born American botanist
* ] - German manufacturer of rocket engines.
*] (1752–1826), German piano maker
*] (1755–1822), Austrian opera singer and composer


=== Modern ===
*] (born 1982), American football quarterback
*] (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
*] (born 1990), German short track speed skater
*] (1876–1962), German-American conductor and composer
*] (c. 1831–1907), German-Australian botanist and photographer
*], several people
*] (1910–1997), American painter
*] (1833/34–1893), British artist
*] (1921–1998), American writer and actor
*] (1894–1963), American politician
*] (1900–1981), German football executive
*], German footballer
*] (1896–1977), German politician
*] (1920–2002), German footballer
*] (born 1950), British actress
*] (1819–1878), American lawyer and railroad business executive
*] (1900–1980), German engineer
*] (1883–1918), American Congregationalist minister, author, and hymn writer
*] (1930–2008), German anthropologist
*] (born 2004), American basketball player
*] (born 1972), British professional racing driver
*] (1883–1957), French architect
*] (born 1965), American novelist
*] (1941–2021), American actress
*] (1940–2021), East German football player
*] (born 1963), American football tackle
*] (1895–1995), British football player
*] (born 1947), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
*] (1783–1856), British marine artist
*] (born 1981), American football wide receiver
*] (born 2004), German biathlete
*] (1924–2013), German footballer
*] (1928–1994), Swiss journalist, author and publisher
*] (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
*] (born 1972), American politician, New York State Assemblyman
*] (1931–2020), American actress
*] (1916–1990), Swiss comedian and actor
*] (born 1958), Canadian hockey player
*] (born 1990), German politician
*] (1919–2011), Swiss author and Benedictine nun
*] (1804–1887), American architect
*] (born 1947), American character actor
*] (born 1954), German astronaut
*] (1811–1883), American politician


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Latest revision as of 01:50, 10 November 2024

Walter
Portrait of Sir Walter Scott by Thomas Lawrence
Pronunciationval-ter (Walter, German)

valt-her (Walther, German)

walt-er (Walter, English)
GenderMale
Origin
Word/name Germanic
MeaningArmy ruler, powerful ruler
Region of originNorthern Europe
Other names
Nickname(s)Wally, Walt
Related namesWalther, Valter, Valtyr, Wouter, Gauthier, Gualtiero, Gutierre, Gualter, Guterres, Gutiérrez, Valteri, Valtteri, Valters

Walter is a German and English masculine given name of Germanic origin, composed of the elements walt- (Proto-Germanic *wald-) "power", "ruler", and hari (Proto-Germanic *χarja) "army".

The name was first popularized by the epic German hero Walther von Aquitaine, and later from the name of the writer Walther von der Vogelweide.

The name is first recorded in the 6th century, with Walthari son of Wacho, who was king of the Lombards during 539–546. Old Germanic forms are recorded as Walthari, Waltari, Walthar, Waltar, Waltere, Waldheri, Waldhere, Waltheri, Walthere, Walther, Walter, Waldher, and Valter. The Old English equivalent is Wealdhere, Old Norse has Valðar and Valdarr. The name entered the French language as Gauthier, Spanish as Gutierre, Portuguese as Gualter and Italian as Gualtiero. The modern Dutch form of the name is Wouter. The German name has also been adopted in a number of languages in the spelling Valter.

The Latinized form is Waltharius, the title of a poem of the late 9th or early 10th century on the legendary Gothic king Walter of Aquitaine. A fragmentary Old English poem on the same character is known as Waldere. 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.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 43.5% of all known bearers of the surname Walter were residents of Germany (frequency 1:643), 23.4% of the United States (1:5,374), 5.0% of Nigeria (1:12,307), 4.0% of France (1:5,814), 2.0% of Austria (1:1,467), 1.9% of England (1:10,157), 1.8% of Brazil (1:38,529), 1.6% of Australia (1:5,113), 1.4% of Angola (1:6,511), 1.3% of Canada (1:9,641), 1.3% of Switzerland (1:2,176), 1.2% of Ghana (1:7,682), 1.1% of Argentina (1:13,353), 1.0% of Poland (1:12,776) and 1.0% of South Africa (1:19,181).

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:643) in the following states:

  1. Baden-Württemberg (1:386)
  2. Bremen (1:422)
  3. Brandenburg (1:450)
  4. Hesse (1:526)
  5. Saxony-Anhalt (1:539)
  6. Rhineland-Palatinate (1:599)
  7. Thuringia (1:603)
  8. Bavaria (1:606)
  9. Saxony (1:621)
  10. Saarland (1:627)

Given name

Middle ages

Modern era

Fictional and legendary characters

Surname

Medieval

Early modern

Modern

See also

References

  1. "Walter Surname Meaning & Walter Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com.
  2. INL – Wouter
  3. Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch (1856), 1244f.
  4. "Walter Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io.
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