Walter

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given name masculine given name

Walter is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Walt 3
Wally 2
Josh Hutcherson as Walter 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf given name ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ
cognate Geoffrey ⓘ
surface form: Gualter

Gualterio ⓘ
Gualtiero ⓘ
derivedFrom Old High German name Walthari ⓘ
etymologicalComponent hari (army, warrior) ⓘ
wald (rule, power) ⓘ
etymologyNote formed from elements meaning rule and army in Old High German ⓘ
frequencyTrend declined in late 20th century in the United States ⓘ
gender masculine ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling Valter ⓘ
Walther ⓘ
hasDiminutive Walter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wally

Walter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Walt
hasNotableBearer Walter Cronkite ⓘ
Sir Walter Scott ⓘ
surface form: Walter Scott

Walter White (fictional character) ⓘ
hasOrigin Germanic languages ⓘ
Old High German ⓘ
languageOfUse Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Scandinavian languages ⓘ
meaning commander of the army ⓘ
ruler of the army ⓘ
nameCategory English masculine given names ⓘ
Germanic masculine given names ⓘ
given names derived from Germanic languages ⓘ
nameDay varies by country ⓘ
popularInCentury 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
script Latin alphabet ⓘ
shortForm Walter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wally

Walter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Walt
usedIn Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
English-speaking countries ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
variantForm Gauthier ⓘ
Théophile Gautier ⓘ
surface form: Gautier

Valter ⓘ
Walther ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Josh Hutcherson as Walter
Conrad Veidt → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Ray Allen → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Sir Walter Scott → givenName → Walter ⓘ
W. Craig Jelinek → givenName → Walter ⓘ
subject surface form: W. D. A. Lentaigne
Wally Lewis → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walt Bellamy → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walt Disney → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walt Frazier → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walt Whitman → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walt Wolfram → givenName → Walter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walt
Walter A. Brown → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Alston → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Annenberg → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Bedell → givenName → Walter ⓘ
subject surface form: Walter Bedell Smith
Walter Benjamin → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Brattain → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Brennan → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Chrysler → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Crane → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Sadler → givenName → Walter ⓘ
subject surface form: Walter D. Sadler
Walter Eucken → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Gilbert → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Gropius → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Krueger → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Lippmann → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Model → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Mondale → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Murch → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Raleigh → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Reuther → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Salles → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Schwimmer → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter Zinn → givenName → Walter ⓘ
Walter → hasDiminutive → Walter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walt
Walter → hasDiminutive → Walter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wally