Valter
| Valter | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Old Germanic |
| Meaning | ruler of the army |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Walter, Walther, Valtyr |
Valter is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Old Germanic elements "wald" - "rule" and "heri" - "army, warrior".[1] Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Vanderson Válter de Almeida (born 1978), Brazilian football player
- Valter Birsa (born 1986), Slovenian football player
- Valter Borges (born 1988), Cape Verdean football player
- Valter Chifu (born 1952), Romanian volleyball player
- Valter Costa (born 1949), Portuguese football player
- Ricardo Valter da Costa (born 1981), Brazilian football player
- Valter Dešpalj (born 1947), Croatian cellist
- Valter Di Salvo (born 1963), Italian fitness coach
- Valter Gabrielsen (1921–1999), Norwegian politician
- Valter Giuliani (born 1960), Italian astronomer
- Valter Guchua (born 1975), Georgian football player
- Valter Heuer (1928–2006), Estonian chess player, chess journalist and chess historian
- Lars Valter Hörmander (born 1931), Swedish mathematician
- Valter Klauson (1914–1988), Soviet Estonian politician
- Risto Valter Luukkonen (1931–1967), Finnish boxer
- Valter Matošević (born 1970), Croatian team handball player
- Valter Ojakäär (1923–2016), Estonian composer and publicist
- Valter Palm (1905–1994), Estonian boxer
- Valter Perić (1919–1945), Yugoslav partisan
- Valter Poghosyan (born 1992), Armenian football player
- Valter Prette, Italian engineer, editor and journalist
- Daniel Valter Rogelim (born 1972), Brazilian racing cyclist
- Valter Roman (1913–1983), Romanian communist activist and soldier
- Edgar Valter Saks (1910–1984), Estonian statesman, amateur historian and author
- Valter Tomaz Junior (born 1978), Brazilian football player
- Valter Wredberg, Swedish sprint canoer
Surname
- Edgar Valter (1929–2006), Estonian writer and illustrator of children's books
Fictional characters
- Valter, character from a tactical role-playing game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
See also
References
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