Valtteri
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Fennicized form of the Swedish given name Valter (attested in Finland since 1347), ultimately from Old High German Waltheri.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑltːeri/, [ˈʋɑ̝l̪t̪ːe̞ri]
- Rhymes: -ɑltːeri
- Syllabification(key): Valt‧te‧ri
- Hyphenation(key): Valt‧te‧ri
Proper noun
[edit]Valtteri
- a male given name, equivalent to English Walter
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Valtteri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Valtteri | Valtterit | |
| genitive | Valtterin | Valtterien Valttereiden Valttereitten | |
| partitive | Valtteria | Valttereita Valttereja | |
| illative | Valtteriin | Valttereihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Valtteri | Valtterit | |
| accusative | nom. | Valtteri | Valtterit |
| gen. | Valtterin | ||
| genitive | Valtterin | Valtterien Valttereiden Valttereitten | |
| partitive | Valtteria | Valttereita Valttereja | |
| inessive | Valtterissa | Valttereissa | |
| elative | Valtterista | Valttereista | |
| illative | Valtteriin | Valttereihin | |
| adessive | Valtterilla | Valttereilla | |
| ablative | Valtterilta | Valttereilta | |
| allative | Valtterille | Valttereille | |
| essive | Valtterina | Valttereina | |
| translative | Valtteriksi | Valttereiksi | |
| abessive | Valtteritta | Valttereitta | |
| instructive | — | Valtterein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Valtteri is the 96th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 7,344 male individuals (and as a middle name to 23,929 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.