Valter
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Walter.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Valter (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Valter has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 10 |
| 1999 | 18 |
| 2000 | 23 |
| 2001 | 25 |
| 2002 | 35 |
| 2003 | 37 |
| 2004 | 50 |
| 2005 | 65 |
| 2006 | 78 |
| 2007 | 92 |
| 2008 | 133 |
| 2009 | 126 |
| 2010 | 169 |
| 2011 | 169 |
| 2012 | 221 |
| 2013 | 213 |
| 2014 | 256 |
| 2015 | 280 |
| 2016 | 262 |
| 2017 | 255 |
| 2018 | 250 |
| 2019 | 262 |
| 2020 | 252 |
| 2021 | 258 |
| 2022 | 281 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,671 |
| 2000 | 1,615 |
| 2001 | 1,605 |
| 2002 | 1,588 |
| 2003 | 1,556 |
| 2004 | 1,546 |
| 2005 | 1,554 |
| 2006 | 1,556 |
| 2007 | 1,572 |
| 2008 | 1,655 |
| 2009 | 1,737 |
| 2010 | 1,857 |
| 2011 | 1,970 |
| 2012 | 2,141 |
| 2013 | 2,306 |
| 2014 | 2,524 |
| 2015 | 2,761 |
| 2016 | 2,990 |
| 2017 | 3,226 |
| 2018 | 3,430 |
| 2019 | 3,666 |
| 2020 | 3,895 |
Valter in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Valter.Hi! My name is Valter.
- Valter bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Valter lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Valter har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Valter has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Valters mamma är lärare.Valter's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Valters mamma is Valter's mum.
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Questions about Valter
How do you pronounce Valter in Swedish?
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What does the name Valter mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Walter.
How popular is Valter in Sweden?
281 babies were named Valter in 2022. In 2020, 3,895 people in Sweden had Valter as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.