Valter is a spelling variant of the

German name Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname''). The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the "Name order, ...

''Walter'', ''

Walther Walther () is a masculine given name and a surname. It is a German form of Walter, which is derived from the Old High German '' Walthari'', containing the elements ''wald'' -"power", "brightness" or "forest" and ''hari'' -"warrior". The name was ...

'', from

Old High German Old High German (OHG; ) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous ...

''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:

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* 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 Giuliani (born 1960), Italian astronomer * Valter Guchua (born 1975), Georgian footballer *

Valter Heuer Valter Heuer (14 July 1928, Elva, Estonia – 2 March 2006, Jämejala, Estonia) was an Estonian writer and chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship. He was awarded the Soviet Master title in 1960. Chess career In 1960 Valter Heuer ...

(1928–2006), Estonian chess player, chess journalist and chess historian * 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 Valter Palm (alias Walter Palm) (23 December 1905 – 3 November 1994) was an Estonian welterweight professional boxer, born in Mahtra, who competed in the 1930s. In the 1920s he took part 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics. 19 ...

(1905–1994), Estonian boxer *

Valter Perić Valter is a spelling variant of the German name Walter (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 (N ...

(1919–1945), Yugoslav partisan *

Valter Roman Valter or Walter Roman (October 9, 1913 – November 11, 1983), born Ernst or Ernő Neuländer, was a Romanian communist activist and soldier. During his lifetime, Roman was active inside the Romanian, Czechoslovakian, French, and Spanish ...

(1913–1983), Romanian communist activist and soldier *

Valter Sanaya Valter Vissarionovich Sanaya (also spelled Walter Sanaya; ; 24 September 1925 – 29 October 1999) was a Soviet football player. A native of Ochamchire, Georgia, Sanaya played as a goalkeeper. He started his professional football career at FC D ...

(1925–1999), Soviet footballer *

Valter Skarsgård Valter Skarsgård (; born 25 October 1995) is a Swedish actor, a member of the Skarsgård acting family that includes his father, Stellan, and brothers Alexander, Gustaf, and Bill. Early life and education Valter Skarsgård was born on 25 Oc ...

(born 1995), Swedish actor *

Valter Soosõrv Valter Soosõrv (also Sooserv; 3 April 1903 in Vahastu – 26 June 1969 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actor, director and theatre historian. In 1927 he graduated from the Drama Studio theatre school. 1922-1925 he was a choir singer at Estonia Theatre ...

(1903–1969), Estonian actor, theatre director and theatre historian *

Valter Tomaz Júnior Valter Tomaz Júnior (born July 25, 1978) is a Brazilian retired football player who last played for Assyriska BK and Örgryte IS and Molde FK before that. Club career Valter signed for Assyriska BK in March 2012. After football On 17 June ...

(born 1978), Brazilian footballer *

Valter Wredberg Valter Wredberg is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1950s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon Mâcon (), historically Anglicization, anglicised as M ...

, Swedish sprint canoer *

Valter Župan Bishop Valter Župan (born 10 August 1938) is a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Diocesan Bishop of Krk since 31 January 1998 until his retirement on 24 January 2015. Life Bishop Župan was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic fam ...

(born 1938), Croatian Catholic prelate

Surname

Attila Valter Attila Valter (born 12 June 1998 in Csömör) is a Hungarian professional racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career In 2019 Valter joined the , having ridden for the Pannon Cycling Team the previous year. At the 2019 To ...

(born 1998), Hungarian cyclist * Edgar Valter (1929–2006), Estonian writer and illustrator of children's books

Fictional characters

* Valter, a character from a tactical role-playing game '' Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones''

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