Valter is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Old Germanic elements "wald" - "rule" and "heri" - "army, warrior". Notable people with the name include:
Vanderson Válter de Almeida (born 1978), Brazilian football player
Valter Birsa (born 1986), Slovenian football player
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 (born 1947), Croatian cellist
Valter Di Salvo (born 1963), Italian fitness coach
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 (born 1931), Swedish mathematician
Valter Klauson (1914–1988), Soviet Estonian politician
Risto Valter Luukkonen (1931–1967), Finnish boxer
Valter Matošević (born 1970), Croatian team handball player
Valter Ojakäär (1923–2016), Estonian composer and publicist
Valter Palm (1905–1994), Estonian boxer
Valter Perić (1919–1945), Yugoslav partisan
Valter Poghosyan (born 1992), Armenian football player
Valter Prette, Italian engineer, editor and journalist
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 Tomaz Junior (born 1978), Brazilian football player
Valter Wredberg, Swedish sprint canoer
Edgar Valter (1929–2006), Estonian writer and illustrator of children's books
Valter, character from a tactical role-playing game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
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