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Definition: A German patronymic surname derived from the German first name Walther, meaning "ruler of the army." From the Germanic elements "wald," meaning rule and "heri," meaning army.
Surname Origin:
German
Alternate Surname Spellings:
WALTHER, WALT
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Surname Finder - WALTER Genealogy & Family Resources WALTER Surname & Family Mailing List WALTER Family Genealogy Forum FamilySearch - WALTER Genealogy German Genealogy Cousin Connect - WALTER Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - WALTER Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - WALTER Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Looking for the meaning of a given name? Check out
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
