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Italian Baby Names
Gualtiero

English translation/equivalent: Walter

Origin: Derived from the German and is composed from walda "to be strong, to command" and from harja "people in crews, army." Its significance therefore is "who commands in the army."

Name Day/Onomastico: June 5—in memory of St. Walter, priest martyred in Frisia.

Related Name/Other Italian Forms: Walter

Guide to Italian Baby Names
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