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Gender
Masculine
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Origin of the Name Walter
Old High German
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Usage of the Name Walter
English, German, Limburgish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish
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Meaning of the Name Walter
The name Walter is derived, via an Old French name, from the Germanic elements "wald" - "rule" and "heri" - "army, warrior". The name was brought to England by the Normans, where it replaced the native Old English form Wealdhere, which was quite popular in medieval England.
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Interesting Facts about Walter
- On English playbills, when an actor plays a second role or doesn't want their name in the playbill, the role is sometimes billed as Walter Plinge, which might have originally been the name of a landlord of a London theater.
- Walter Mitty is the main character in the short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1939) by James Thurber, also made into a film in 1947. The character lives through his imaginative fantasies, so the term "Walter Mitty" has become an euphemism for a daydreamer.
- Colonel Walter E. Kurtz is the main character in the film Apocalypse Now (1979).
- Sir Walter Elliot is the main character in Jane Austen's Persuasion (1818), and Count Walter is the lead bass role in Verdi's opera Luisa Miller (1849).
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Famous Bearers
Bearers of the name include Walter Scott (1771 - 1832), a Scottish historical novelist and poet;
Walter "Walt" Whitman (1819 - 1892), an American poet, journalist, essayist, and humanist;
Walter Gropius (1883 - 1969), a German architect;
Walter "Walt" Disney (1901 - 1966), an American film director, screenwriter, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist;
Walter Cronkite (1916 - 2009), an American broadcast journalist;
Walter Matthau (1920 - 2000), an American actor;
Walter Koenig (born 1936), an American actor.
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