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First name origins & meanings:

  1. German: Powerful warrior, army ruler
  2. Old English: Dweller by the wall

First name variations: Wally, Walther, Watson, Watkins, Gautier, Gauthier, Ualtar, Walter, Walten, Waltin, Walton

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Variant of German Waldt, a topographic name from Middle High German walt ‘forest’.
  2. German: short form of Walther.
  3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Wald.

This name appears in the following lists: Alliterative Names