Bette This is online about the name German name of Walter WALTHER Gender: Masculine Usage: German Pronounced: VAHL-ter [key] German form of WALTER. This name was borne by German chemist Walther Nerst, winner of the Nobel prize for his discovery of the third law of thermodynamics. ====================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bette McIntosh" <bmcintosh@new.rr.com> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 6:40 PM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] given name "Walter" in German? > Good, thank you Judy, knowing this may hopefully make some difference in my > search efforts. > Bette > > > That would be Werther, as in The Sorrow of Young Werther. > > Judy > > >> What is the German given (Christian) name that is equivalent to the > >> English given name Walter?>> > >> A 'Google' search engine search has produced "Walther" and possibly > >> "Waldhar". Would this be correct? > >> Thank you, > >> Bette > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Karl, Thank you for the information/confirmation. Bette > This is online about the name German name of Walter > > WALTHER > Gender: Masculine > > Usage: German > > Pronounced: VAHL-ter [key] > > German form of WALTER. This name was borne by German chemist Walther > Nerst, > winner of the Nobel prize for his discovery of the third law of > thermodynamics.

I don't know if there is a German version for Walter, but in my Polish family, I had a Wladislaus who turned out to be Walter in America. Ruth Pokorny