Gualtieri

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Gualtieri.

Proper noun

Gualtieri (plural Gualtieris)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gualtieri is the 20458^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1298 individuals. Gualtieri is most common among White (94.99%) individuals.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwalˈtjɛ.ri/
• Rhymes: -ɛri
• Hyphenation: Gual‧tiè‧ri

Etymology 1

From the personal name Gualtiero.

Proper noun

Gualtieri m or f by sense

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Gualtieri m

1. Alternative form of Gualtiero, a male given name, equivalent to English Walter
   • 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata decima – Novella decima”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎^[1], Bari: Laterza, 1927:

     Giá è gran tempo, fu tra’ marchesi di Saluzzo il maggior della casa un giovane chiamato Gualtieri

     A long time ago there was a youth, the oldest of the House of the marquises of Saluzzo, named Walter

   • 1532, Niccolò Machiavelli, chapter 33, Libro secondo [Second book], in Istorie fiorentine [Florentine histories]‎^[2]; republished in Mario Martelli, editor, Niccolò Machiavelli: Tutte le opere, Sansoni editore, 1971:

     quel re aveva mandato loro Gualtieri duca di Atene

     the king sent Walter, duke of Athens, to them