Walter

German

"army ruler"

Walter Origin and Meaning

Variation of Gauthier

Walter Rank in US Top 1000

# 271 in the US

Walter Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 133 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Walter

• 271 US 2024
• 133 Nameberry 2025
• 142 Future 2028
• 345 England 2024
• 35 sweden 2024
• 39 Denmark 2024
• 86 Dogs 2022
• 76 Cats 2022

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Famous People Named Walter

• Walter Elias "Walt" Disney American film producer and icon
• Walter "Walt" Whitman American poet
• Walter Leland Cronkite American journalist
• Walter Inglis Anderson American painter
• Walter Benjamin German social and cultural theorist
• Walter Perry Johnson American baseball pitcher
• Walter Chauncey Camp American football player and coach
• Walter Kirn American novelist
• Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale 42nd Vice President of the United States
• (Walter) Bruce Willis American actor
• Sir Walter Raleigh English explorer
• Walter Benjamin Lantz American creator of Woody Woodpecker
• Walter Scott Scottish historical novelist
• Walter Matthau (born Walter John Matthow) American actor
• Walter Kohn Austrian,American theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• (Lionel) Walter Rothschild 2nd Baron Rothschild, British MP and zoologist
• Walter Adolph Georg Gropius German founder of Bauhaus architecture
• Walter Heinrich Heitler German physicist
• Walter Hermann Schottky German physicist
• Walter "Wally" Schirra American astronaut
• Walter Grauman American TV, film, and stage director
• Walter Payton former American football player
• Walter Ray Williams Jr., Professional Bowler and Horseshoe Pitcher
• Walter "Walt" Flanagan actor and star of AMC's Comic Book Men
• Walter Liberace American entertainer and pianist
• Walter Wick Author and Photographer of "Can You See What I See?" Book Series.
• Walter Martin Famous American Baptist Minister, Christian Apologist, known as "The Bible Answer Man"

The name Walter in Pop Culture

• Walter Longmire From the TV show Longmire & The books by Craig Johnson
• Walter White Sr. and Jr. characters on TV's "Breaking Bad"
• Walter Sherman character on TV show "The Finder"
• Walter Bishop character on TV's 'Fringe'
• Walter Mitty main character in book/film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
• Walter Blythe son of Anne and Gilbert Blythe in the "Anne of Green Gables" series
• Walter Sullivan character in the game "Silent Hill 4: The Room"
• Walter Sobchak character in movie "The Big Lebowski"
• Walter William Clark NYPD homicide detective in "Golden Boy"
• Walter Skinner character on "X,Files"
• Walter Muppet character
• Walter character in the film "Secondhand Lions"
• Walter Neff main character in film noir 'Double Indemnity' (1944)
• Walter character in film Zathura
• Walter Dinsmore Elsie Dinsmore's uncle in Elsie Dinsmore series
• Walter Davenant main character in G. A. Henty's, Orange and Green
• Walter Travilla Elsie Dinsmore Travilla's son in the Elsie Dinsmore series
• Walter Somers main character in G. A. Henty's, St. George for England
• Walter "Walt" Lloyd character from TV's LOST
• Walter Steele character in DC Universe
• Walter Mabry character in the movie "Now You See Me 2"
• Walter Nelson character in the film "Minions"
• Walter character from "On the Road"
• Walter O'Brien character in CBS show 'Scorpion'
• Waltolomew "Walter" Strickler character in the Netflix series "Trollhunters"
• Walter Lee Younger character in Lorraine Hansberry's Play "A Raisin in the Sun"
• Walter J. Chapman character in the 2004 Film "Garfield The Movie" Walter is the brother of
• Walter Peck character in the 1984 Film "Ghostbusters"
• Walter Blunt main character in the sitcom "Blunt Talk" Walter Blunt the British newscaster was played by Patrick Stewart

International Variations of the name Walter

• Bhaltair Scottish Gaelic
• Gutierre Spanish
• Woulter Scandinavian
• Waltr Czech
• Gautier French
• Wouter Dutch
• Gualterio Spanish
• Gualtiero Italian
• Waldemar Lithuanian
• Walder German
• Vovka Russian
• Walton German
• Wolter Scandinavian
• Valter Scandinavian
• Dima Russian
• Gauther French
• Valtr Czech
• Walli German
• Volya Russian
• Vladko Czech
• Landislaus Polish
• Weit Dutch
• Walten German
• Dimka Russian
• Walther German
• Vladimir Russian
• Waltili German
• Gwallter Welsh