Valter

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:

Given name

 * Valter (Brazilian footballer) (born 1975), Brazilian football striker
 * Valter Birsa (born 1986), Slovenian football player
 * Valter Bonča (born 1968), Slovenian racing cyclist
 * Valter Borges (born 1988), Cape Verdean football player
 * Valter Chifu (born 1952), Romanian volleyball player
 * Valter Costa (born 1949), Portuguese football player
 * Ricardo Valter da Costa (born 1981), Brazilian football player
 * Valter Dešpalj (1947–2023), Croatian cellist
 * Valter Di Salvo (born 1963), Italian fitness coach
 * Valter Ever (1902–1981), Estonian track and field athlete
 * Valter Gabrielsen (1921–1999), Norwegian politician
 * Valter Giuliani (born 1960), Italian astronomer
 * Valter Guchua (born 1975), Georgian football player
 * Valter Heuer (1928–2006), Estonian chess player, chess journalist and chess historian
 * Lars Valter Hörmander (1931–2012), Swedish mathematician
 * Valter Matošević (born 1970), Croatian team handball player
 * Valter Neeris (1915–1942), Estonian footballer
 * Valter Ojakäär (1923–2016), Estonian composer, instrumentalist and author
 * Valter Palm (1905–1994), Estonian boxer
 * Valter Perić (1919–1945), Yugoslav partisan
 * Daniel Valter Rogelim (born 1972), Brazilian racing cyclist
 * Valter Roman (1913–1983), Romanian communist activist and soldier
 * Edgar Valter Saks (1910–1984), Estonian statesman, amateur historian and author
 * Valter Sanaya (1925–1999), Soviet football player
 * Valter Skarsgård (born 1995), Swedish actor
 * Valter Soosõrv (1903–1969), Estonian actor, theatre director and theatre historian
 * Valter Tomaz Junior (born 1978), Brazilian football player
 * Valter Wredberg, Swedish sprint canoer
 * Valter Župan (born 1938), Croatian Catholic prelate

Surname

 * Attila Valter (born 1998), Hungarian cyclist
 * Edgar Valter (1929–2006), Estonian writer and illustrator of children's books

Fictional characters

 * Valter, a character from a tactical role-playing game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones