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Walter Names for Boys

There are 13 Walter names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Walter names 1 to 13. Richard was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Czech, English, French, and German, and it was followed in popularity by the English and Hebrew Malachi, the English, French, and German Edgar, the English, French, German, and Scandinavian Walter, the English, Dutch, French, German, and Scottish Roy, the English Cedric, and the English and German name, Roderick. The unusual Walter names are Quade (English), Alistair (English and Scottish), Dandy (English and Scottish), Everard (English), Guy (English and French), and Lindsay (Scottish).

Walter names are somewhat popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1946, 4.650% of baby boys were given Walter names. There were 8 Walter names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Walter names have since experienced a decline in frequency, and are of only occasional use now. In 2008, 7 Walter names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.481%. Within all Walter names, the Czech, English, French, and German Richard was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #107 and a usage of 0.1869%.

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NAME MATCH:

Walter Popularity Trend of Walter
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 393 393 to rule; army, warrior; ...The boy name Walter is pronounced as WAOLTer ...

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Quade the son of Walter; the cross, ill-tempered one ...The name means 'the son of Walter' ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Alistair of a minstrel in Sir Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy ...

Cedric Popularity Trend of Cedric
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 650 650 pattern of generosity; ... invented by Sir Walter Scott for the character ...

Dandy dandy; male, manly, ... was made popular by Sir Walter Scott, who named a ...

Edgar Popularity Trend of Edgar
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 193 193 wealthy spear, owner ... bearing the name in Sir Walter Scott's novel The Bride ...

Everard brave like a boar ... its appearance in the Walter Scott novel Waverley ...

Guy Popularity Trend of Guy
from 1900 to 2008. wide; wood, forest ... speakers through Walter Scott's novel Guy ...

Lindsay Popularity Trend of Lindsay
from 1900 to 2008. Lincoln's wetland, Lincoln's island ... was borne by Sir Walter de Lindesay, one of the ...

Malachi Popularity Trend of Malachi
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 162 162 my messenger ... a pseudonym used by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) ...

Richard Popularity Trend of Richard
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 107 107 powerful ruler ... attention in the Sir Walter Scott novel Ivanhoe ...

Roderick Popularity Trend of Roderick
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 936 936 famously powerful ... promoted by Sir Walter Scott's poem The Vision ...

Roy Popularity Trend of Roy
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 497 497 ruddy, red-haired; king; the king; hound of the plain ... attention from Sir Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy ...


Popularity Trend
for Walter Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Walter Names
in 2006