# Valter

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**Valter** is a spelling variant of the [German name](/source/German_name) [*Walter*](/source/Walter_(name)), *[Walther](/source/Walther)*, from [Old High German](/source/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)](/source/Valter_(Brazilian_footballer)), Brazilian football striker Valter Silva do Nascimento (born 1975)
- [Valter Birsa](/source/Valter_Birsa) (born 1986), Slovenian footballer
- [Valter Bonča](/source/Valter_Bon%C4%8Da) (born 1968), Slovenian racing cyclist
- [Valter Borges](/source/Valter_Borges) (born 1988), Cape Verdean footballer
- [Valter Chifu](/source/Valter_Chifu) (born 1952), Romanian volleyball player
- [Valter Costa](/source/Valter_Costa) (born 1949), Portuguese footballer
- [Valter Dešpalj](/source/Valter_De%C5%A1palj) (1947–2023), Croatian cellist
- [Valter Di Salvo](/source/Valter_Di_Salvo) (born 1963), Italian fitness coach
- [Valter Ever](/source/Valter_Ever) (1902–1981), Estonian track and field athlete
- [Valter Gabrielsen](/source/Valter_Gabrielsen) (1921–1999), Norwegian politician
- [Valter Guchua](/source/Valter_Guchua) (born 1975), Georgian footballer
- [Valter Heuer](/source/Valter_Heuer) (1928–2006), Estonian chess player, chess journalist and chess historian
- [Valter Lang](/source/Valter_Lang) (born 1958), Estonian archaeologist
- [Valter Matošević](/source/Valter_Mato%C5%A1evi%C4%87) (born 1970), Croatian team handball player
- [Valter Neeris](/source/Valter_Neeris) (1915–1942), Estonian footballer
- [Valter Ojakäär](/source/Valter_Ojak%C3%A4%C3%A4r) (1923–2016), Estonian composer, instrumentalist and author
- [Valter Palm](/source/Valter_Palm) (1905–1994), Estonian boxer
- [Valter Perić](/source/Valter_Peri%C4%87) (1919–1945), Yugoslav partisan
- [Valter Roman](/source/Valter_Roman) (1913–1983), Romanian communist activist and soldier
- [Valter Sanaya](/source/Valter_Sanaya) (1925–1999), Soviet footballer
- [Valter Skarsgård](/source/Valter_Skarsg%C3%A5rd) (born 1995), Swedish actor
- [Valter Soosõrv](/source/Valter_Soos%C3%B5rv) (1903–1969), Estonian actor, theatre director and theatre historian
- [Valter Tomaz Júnior](/source/Valter_Tomaz_J%C3%BAnior) (born 1978), Brazilian footballer
- [Valter Wredberg](/source/Valter_Wredberg), Swedish sprint canoer
- [Valter Župan](/source/Valter_%C5%BDupan) (born 1938), Croatian Catholic prelate

## Surname

- [Attila Valter](/source/Attila_Valter) (born 1998), Hungarian cyclist
- [Edgar Valter](/source/Edgar_Valter) (1929–2006), Estonian writer and illustrator of children's books

## Fictional characters

- [Valter](/source/List_of_Fire_Emblem:_The_Sacred_Stones_characters#Valter), a character from a tactical role-playing game *[Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones](/source/Fire_Emblem:_The_Sacred_Stones)*
- Valter Beilschmidt(Not a canon name, but it's used in the fandom), also known as Germania from the 2009 anime *[Hetalia](/source/Hetalia)*

## See also

- [Valtteri](/source/Valtteri)
- [Volter](/source/Volter), another given name and surname
- [Valtinho (disambiguation)](/source/Valtinho_(disambiguation))
- [Walter (name)](/source/Walter_(name))
- [Walters (disambiguation)](/source/Walters_(disambiguation))

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