Walther

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Male Name

Usage

Old Danish
Danish
Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

German younger form of Waltheri

Related Names

See Waltheri

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Walther
Genitive:	Walthers

- Finnish
Nominative:	Walther
Genitive:	Waltherin
Partitive:	Waltheria

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Walther
Genitive:	Walthers

- Swedish
Nominative:	Walther
Genitive:	Walthers

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark: 12th century

Strongest Period of Usage

• Norway:
  • 1910-1925
• Denmark:
  • 1910-1929
• Sweden:
  • 1920-1929
  • 1950-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • København
  • Sjælland
  • Fyn
• Sweden:
  • Sydsverige

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 133 people were named Walther (percentage of first or only given name: 21 %)

The German pronunciation of Walther can be found on our sister site www.germannames.de.

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Denmark		661	n.a.	0	n.a.	661	n.a.
Sweden		183	450	0	0	183	450
Finland		n.a.	74	0	0	n.a.	74
Norway		147	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	147	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

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