Comments for ALTER:

This name is also traditionally given to a child in hope that he will reach an old age (hence "alter").
When a baby was named after someone who died at a young age, the name Alter (or Alte for a girl) was added after the name of that person, in order to bring good luck to the baby. A baby named after an Aharon or a Golda who died young would be Aharon Alter (or Alter Aharon), or Golda Alte (Alte Golda).

-- Miss Claire  12/5/2004

Pronounced ahl-tehr.

-- Miss Claire  7/29/2006

One of the main characters in the Y: The Last Man comic book has this name. She is an Israeli military officer.

-- Ginger-Mouse  1/9/2009

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