Walter
E32053
Walter is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walter canonical | 331 |
| Walt | 7 |
| Wally | 2 |
| Josh Hutcherson as Walter | 1 |
| Walter (dual role by Michael Fassbender) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T137736 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Context triple: [Walter Chrysler, givenName, Walter]
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A.
Harold
Harold is a masculine given name of Old English origin, historically borne by several notable figures including kings and modern public personalities.
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B.
Wallace
Wallace is a volume series of early United States Supreme Court case reports compiled by reporter John William Wallace, later incorporated into the official United States Reports.
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C.
Wallace
Wallace is a notable figure who succeeded Black in a position of leadership or prominence, likely within a political or organizational context.
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D.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
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E.
Oliver Wallace
Oliver Wallace was a British-born American composer and conductor best known for scoring numerous classic Disney animated films in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Target entity description: Walter is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
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A.
Harold
Harold is a masculine given name of Old English origin, historically borne by several notable figures including kings and modern public personalities.
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B.
Wallace
Wallace is a volume series of early United States Supreme Court case reports compiled by reporter John William Wallace, later incorporated into the official United States Reports.
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C.
Wallace
Wallace is a notable figure who succeeded Black in a position of leadership or prominence, likely within a political or organizational context.
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D.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
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E.
Oliver Wallace
Oliver Wallace was a British-born American composer and conductor best known for scoring numerous classic Disney animated films in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Walter Description of subject: Walter is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
Referenced by (342)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
W. D. A. Lentaigne
subject surface form:
Walter Johnson
subject surface form:
Walter Q. Gresham