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Surname Etymology and Meaning of WALTER

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(origin: Sax.) Waldher, from Wald, a wood, and heer, a master--the master or lord of the wood, like the Latin, Sylvanus, or Sylvester.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).