Malte is a male given name that is mainly used in

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

and

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, which is from Old Danish ''Malti''. It originated from ''Helmhold / Helmwald'' ("helmet-govern") or from former Low German and Old Danish short form of Old German names beginning with ''Mahal-'' "assembly". ordic Names http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Malti/ref> It described the advisor of the

Thing (assembly) A thing, german: ding, ang, þing, enm, thing. (that is, "assembly" or folkmoot) was a governing assembly in early Germanic society, made up of the free people of the community presided over by a lawspeaker. Things took place at regular in ...

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Malte-Conrad Bruun Conrad Malte-Brun (12 August 177514 December 1826), born Malthe Conrad Bruun, and sometimes referred to simply as Malte-Brun, was a Dano- French geographer and journalist. His second son, Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun, was also a geographer. Today h ...

(1755–1826), Danish-French geographer *

Malte Gallée Malte Lenz Gallée (born 5 September 1993) is a German politician from Alliance 90/The Greens. He has been a Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popu ...

(born 1993), German politician *

Malte Kaufmann Malte Kaufmann (born 14 December 1976) is a German economist, entrepreneur and politician from the AfD. He has been Member of the German Bundestag for since 2021. Political career In the 2021 German federal election, he contested Heidelberg, ...

(born 1976), German economist, entrepreneur and politician *

Malte Ludin Malte Ludin is a German filmmaker. He was born in Bratislava, Slovakia in 1942. He studied political science at the Free University of Berlin. Malte was the youngest son of Hanns and Erla Ludin. His father served as ambassador to Slovakia durin ...

(born 1942), German filmmaker *

Malte Persson Malte Persson (born 1976) is a Swedish author. His first book ''Livet på den här planeten'' "Life on this planet", a novel, was published in 2002. His subsequent two books are collections of poetry, ''Apolloprojektet'' "The Apollo Project" (2 ...

(born 1976), Swedish author *

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge ''The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge'', first published as ''Journal of My Other Self'', M. D. Herter Norton (tr.). New York: W. W. Norton, 1949, 1992. Translator's Foreword, p. 8. is a 1910 novel by Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke. The nove ...

, novel by Rainer Maria Rilke It is also the French name of

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

Surname

Ethelreda Malte Ethel(d)reda Malte (sometimes referred to as Audrey; ) was an English courtier of the Tudor period who was reputed to be an illegitimate daughter of King Henry VIII. She was the wife of poet and writer John Harington, prior to Isabella Markham. ...

, alleged illegitimate daughter of Henry VIII of England and the royal laundress.

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