Walt - Origin and Meaning of the name

The boy name Walt [ 1 syll. wal(t), wa-lt ] is pronounced WAOLT ^KEY. Walt's language of origin is Germanic and it is predominantly used in the English language. Walt is a short form of the English, French, German, and Scandinavian Walter.

Walt is an unusual baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1958 with 0.004% of baby boys being given the name Walt. It was #844 in rank then. The baby name has declined in popularity since then, and is used on a very light scale today. In 2007, among the family of boy names directly linked to Walt, the English, French, German, and Scandinavian Walter was the most popular.

A baby name that sounds like Walt is the English, German, and Italian Waldo.

^KEY: Pronunciation for Walt: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"

Details of famous persons named Walt:
Animator Walt Disney, born 5 December 1901 - 15 December 1966, Chicago, Illinois.
Poet Walt Whitman, born 31 May 1819 - 26 March 1892, Long Island, New York.

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