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Alter name meaning

First Name
371
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
4k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Alter mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Alter

User Submitted Origins

Jewish
67%
German
33%

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  1. A user from Connecticut, U.S. says the name Alter means "Old".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
verb Al"ter
Senses
  1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify."To alterthe king's course.""To alterthe condition of a man.""No power in Venice can altera decree." [Shak.]"It gilds all objects, but it alters none." [Pope.]"My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips." [Ps. lxxxix. 34.]
  2. To agitate; to affect mentally.(Obs)
  3. To geld.(Colloq)
    synonyms: Change Alter.

Usage: Change is generic and the stronger term. It may express a loss of identity, or the substitution of one thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a partial change, or a change in form or details without destroying identity.

Etymology: F. altérer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter other, alius other. Cf. Else Other

verb Al"ter
To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
Other Dictionary Sources
  1. Remove the ovaries of
    Synonyms: castrate, neuter, and spay
  2. Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
    Synonyms: change and vary
  3. Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation ("The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city")
    Synonyms: change and modify
  4. Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
    Synonyms: falsify and interpolate
  5. Make an alteration to ("This dress needs to be altered")
Wiktionary

From Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterare (“to make other”), from Latin alter (“the other”), from al- (seen in alius (“other”), alienus (“of another”), etc.; see alias, alien, etc.) + compar. suffix -ter.

alter was also found in the following language(s): Danish, German, Latin, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk

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Notable Persons Named Alter

Notable Persons Named Alter

Alter Kacyzne

Alter Kacyzne was a photographer and writer. Alter was born on May 31st, 1885 in Vilnius, Russian Empire,. He passed away on July 7th, 1941.

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Alter Esselin

Alter was given the name Orkeh Serebrenik on April 23rd, 1889. Alter is also known as Serebrenik and Orkeh (birth name). He passed away on November 22nd, 1974.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Alter

Notable Persons With the Last Name Alter

Tom Alter

Tom Alter is an actor. He was most active from 1976 to present. Tom was born on June 22nd, 1950 in Mussoorie.

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Jonathan Alter

Jonathan Alter is a non-fiction writer. Jonathan was born on October 6th, 1957.

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Martha Alter Chen

Martha Alter Chen is an academic. Martha was given the name Martha Alter on February 9th, 1944.

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Hobart Alter

Hobart Alter was a sports equipment fabricator. Hobart was given the name Hobart Laidlaw Alter on October 31st, 1933 in United States. Hobart is also known as Hobie Alter. He left this life on March 29th, 2014.

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Paul Alter

Paul was born on March 11th, 1922. He passed away on June 11th, 2011.

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Stephen Alter

Stephen was born in 1956.

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  • Morris Rosenfeld
    Writer
  • Victor Alter
    Bundist Leader
  • Israel Alter
  • George Elias Alter
    Attorney General of Pennsylvania

Common last names for Alter

Common first names for Alter

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Alter U.S.
█  White 94.07% 64.26%
█  African American 0.65% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 1.41% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.16% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 1.59% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.11% 16.26%

Of Last Name Alter

People with the last name Alter are most frequently White

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Fun Facts about the name Alter

  • How Popular is the name Alter? Alter is the 20,032nd most popular name of all time. As a last name Alter was the 8,597th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Alter have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 371 babies born with the first name Alter in the United States. That's more than enough people named Alter to occupy the territory of Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 66 (as of July 1, 2008).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Alter? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1914 when it was given as a first name to 7 new born babies.
  • When was Alter first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Alter is Monday, September 2nd, 1872.
  • What year had the most people named Alter born? The highest recorded use of the first name Alter was in 2012 with a total of 21 babies.
  • Random Alter Factoid: According to the 1958 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Alter is not a popular baby boy's name in New York. Imagine that, only 5 babies in New York have the same name in 1958.
  • Weird things about the name Alter: The name spelled backwards is Retla. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Realt. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Alter? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 3,830 people with the last name Alter.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Alter? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 1 of them will have Alter as their last name.
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