Walt

Short for Walter

Walt is a masculine given name, typically a shortened form of Walter.

It carries an informal, friendly tone: Walt and I go way back.

The name appears in various compound forms and nicknames.

Have you met my uncle Walt?

biographical

Disney

Major entertainment conglomerate

Hollywood · Burbank · Red Cross · ambulance · Chicago · Lillian · Roy · Flora · Elias · Diane

animation

Steamboat Willie

First cartoon with synchronized sound

  • multiplaneLayered animation camera setup
  • celTransparent sheet for cartoons
  • storyboardPlanned visual sequence drawings

Fantasia · keyframe · inbetweening · squash · stretch · anticipation · timing · frame-by-frame · lip-sync · rotoscoping

characters

Mickey Mouse

Cartoon rodent mascot

  • OswaldMale name, Germanic origin
  • Donald DuckIrascible animated waterfowl
  • GoofyAnthropomorphic hound, famously klutzy

Pluto · Snow White · Pinocchio · Dumbo · Bambi · Cinderella · Peter Pan · Alice · Tinker Bell · Sleeping Beauty

visionary

pioneer

Early explorer or settler

imagination · storyteller · perfectionist · showman · entrepreneur · creative · inventive · ambitious · determined · persistent

legacy

Disneyland

California theme park

animatronics · Audio-Animatronics · attraction · Main Street · Tomorrowland · Fantasyland · monorail · California Adventure · Disney World

Categories
Opposites
name formality

WaltWalter

Army-ruler name

full name · Sir

Phrases
Family

waltz, waltzing, Walter, waltzed, waltzers, waltzer

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G