Valter

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Valter
Gendermasculine
Origin
Word/name Germanic
Meaning"rule" + "army"
Other names
Related names Walther, Walter , Valtyr

Valter is a spelling 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), Baltic (Latvian, Lithuanian) and Romance (Italian, Portuguese).

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