Walcher
m.
Old Frankish, Old German walh 'foreigner, stranger; slave' from Proto-Germanic *walhaz, from a Celtic tribal name + Old High German heri 'host, army'.
- France
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- Latin
- ● a993? Vualcherii (gen) CartSavII 103;
1138x1162 Walchero (abl) clairvaux-12thc 56;
1147 Walcherii (gen) ibid. 16,
Walcherio (abl) ibid. 15;
1147x1158 Gaucheri (gen) ibid. 34;
1147x1162 Gaucheri (gen) ibid. 55;
1157 Galcherii (gen) ibid. 32;
1163–64 Gualcheri (gen) ibid. 109;
1164 Gualcheri (gen) ibid. 120,
Walcheri (gen) ibid. 120;
1171 Walcherio (abl) ibid. 139;
1179 Gualcherii (gen) ibid. 171;
1378 Gauchero (dat) hanquetvol1 656,
Waukerii (gen) ibid. 146
- Old French
- ● 1296 Gauchier paris1296 p. 34
- Middle French
- ● 1418 Gaucher HGParis p. 377;
1421 Gauchier favier p. 174;
1423 Gauchier ibid. 231;
1438 Gauchier ibid. 28
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1179 Gualcherii (nom) CartHaut 25
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ● 1141 Walcherius (nom) CartHaut 3,
Walcherus (nom) ibid. 3;
1150 Walcherus (nom) ibid. 4;
1154 Galcherius (nom) ibid. 5;
1163 Walcherii (gen) ibid. 14,
Walchero (dat) ibid. 13;
1164 Walcherus (nom) ibid. 15;
1179 Walcherus (nom) ibid. 24;
1180 Galcherus (nom) ibid. 26;
1186 Walcherum (acc) ibid. 27;
1215 Walcherus (nom) ibid. 34;
1220 Walcherus (nom) ibid. 37;
1224 Galcherus (nom) ibid. 38
- Unspecified
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- Latin
- ● 1125 Walcheri (gen) CartStBert 10
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Walcher". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Walcher.