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).
Notable people with the name include:
Given name Valter (Brazilian footballer), Brazilian football striker Valter Silva do Nascimento (born 1975) Valter Birsa (born 1986), Slovenian footballer Valter Bonča (born 1968), Slovenian racing cyclist Valter Borges (born 1988), Cape Verdean footballer Valter Chifu (born 1952), Romanian volleyball player Valter Costa (born 1949), Portuguese footballer Valter Dešpalj (1947–2023), Croatian cellist Valter Di Salvo (born 1963), Italian fitness coach Valter Ever (1902–1981), Estonian track and field athlete Valter Gabrielsen (1921–1999), Norwegian politician Valter Guchua (born 1975), Georgian footballer Valter Heuer (1928–2006), Estonian chess player, chess journalist and chess historian Valter Klauson (1914-1988), Soviet politician Valter Lang (born 1958), Estonian archaeologist
Valter Matošević (born 1970), Croatian team handball player Valter Neeris (1915–1942), Estonian footballer Valter Ojakäär (1923–2016), Estonian composer, instrumentalist and author Valter Palm (1905–1994), Estonian boxer Valter Perić (1919–1945), Yugoslav partisan Valter Roman (1913–1983), Romanian communist activist and soldier Valter Sanaya (1925–1999), Soviet footballer Valter Skarsgård (born 1995), Swedish actor Valter Soosõrv (1903–1969), Estonian actor, theatre director and theatre historian Valter Ignacio Silva Souza (born 1997), Brazilian mixed martial artist, known as Valter Walker Valter Tomaz Júnior (born 1978), Brazilian footballer Valter Wredberg, Swedish sprint canoer Valter Župan (born 1938), Croatian Catholic prelate
Surname Attila Valter (born 1998), Hungarian cyclist Edgar Valter (1929–2006), Estonian writer and illustrator of children's books
Pseudonym Vladimir Perić (1919–1945), Yugoslav Partisan commander
Fictional characters Valter, a character from the tactical role-playing game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones Valter Beilschmidt (not a canonical name but used in the fandom), also known as Germania, from the 2009 anime Hetalia
See also Valtteri Volter, another given name and surname Valtinho (disambiguation) Walter (name) Walters (disambiguation)
References
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