Gender | masculine |
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Word/name | Germanic |
Meaning | "rule" + "army" |
Related names | Walther, Walter, Valtyr |
Valter is a spellig variant of the German name Walter, Walther, from Old High German walt "rule" and her "army". The spelling variant in V- is adopted in a number of European languages, including Scandinavian (North Germanic), Finnic (Finnish, Estonian), Slavic (Slovenian, Croatian) and Romance (Italian, Portuguese).
Notable people with the name include: