Walter Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Walter Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Walter

The Walter family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Walter is an ancient name introduced to England by the Normans. Variants of this widespread name include Walters, Walther, Walterson, Fitzwalter, McWatters, McWalter and Qualters. This name is of Anglo-Norman descent spreading to Ireland, Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts in these countries. Examples of such are a Edmund filius Walter of County Cambridgeshire who was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England, in the year 1273. A Charles Walter of County Monmouth was recorded in the University of Oxford in the year 1598. Fitzwalter is the name of an English family of Norman origin descended from Godfrey, Count of Brionne. His grandson, Richard Fitzgilbert, 1035-1090, accompanied William the Conqueror in the 1066 invasion, and was made Lord of Clare. Robert Fitzwalter, 1247, was the first holder of the Barony of Fitzwalter. In Scotland and Ireland the name takes the form of McWalter, McWatters and Qualters in Counties Galway and Mayo.