| Gender | masculine |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Germanic |
| Meaning | "rule" + "army" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Walther, Walter, Valtyr |
Valter is a spelling variant of the German 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 (North Germanic), Finnic (Finnish, Estonian), Slavic (Slovenian, Croatian), Baltic (Latvian, Lithuanian) and Romance (Italian, Portuguese).
Notable people with the name include: