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What does Walter mean?
Walter 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced WAL-ter. It is of Old German origin, and the meaning of Walter is "army ruler". From an Old French personal name of Germanic origin, formed from wald "rule" and heri "army", which are the same as the elements of Harold. Norman name that was brought to Britain, replacing the original Old English form Wealdhere, and has been used rather steadily for the last 900 years. Cartoonist Walt Disney; poet Wealdhere 4; journalist Walter Cronkite; actors Walter Brennan, Walter Matthau.
ASSOCIATED WITH army (warrior), old, norman, britain (england)
Variations
VARIANTS Gaultier, Gauthier, Gautier, Gualterio, Gualtiero, Valter, Valther, Walder, Wally, Walt, Walther, Wat, Watkins
FEMININE FORM Waltrina
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Walter Dario (W.D.), ..
How popular is Walter?
Walter is a very prominent first name for men (#41 out of 1220, Top 3%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#651 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Walter reached its peak position of #11 in the U.S. in the 1910s, and is presently at #271. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Harold (#797 IN 2018), Valter, Walden, Wally, Walt and Watt are the prominent related forms of Walter (#271) rated in the Top 2000. These relations of Walter were at the apex of their popularity 108 years ago (ADOPTION OF 2.53%) and are now significantly less popular (ADOPTION 0.09%, 97% LESS), with forms like Walter becoming somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Walter▼ is alike in pronunciation to Altaer and Alter. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Balder, Balfer, Baxter, Calder, Carter▲, Caster, Colter, Dalten, Galten, Galtero (see Gauthier), Halten (see Halton), Halver, Palmer, Wagner, Waite, Waldorf, Waldorp, Waleed, Walker▲, Waller, Walton▼, Warner, Wayte, Wilber▼, Wilder▲, Wilmer▼, Winter, Wister, Wyler and Wylmer. These names tend to be less commonly used than Walter.
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