Where is Alter from?
My guess is...
Germany
38%
Italy
27%
Spain
27%
I'm 82% certain Alter is Male.
According to a dataset of 413, the average Alter is around 54 years old.
Learn about the name Alter
Meaning of the name Alter
From Yiddish אַלט (alt) meaning "old". This name was traditionally given to a sickly newborn by Jewish parents in order to confuse the Angel of Death, in the hopes that he would go looking for somebody younger or somebody else.
How do we know this about Alter
(and is it secret spies?)
We use a combination of data from the internet, and our own Machine Learning models to make these predictions.
In a gist, we use a Machine Learning model trained on a diverse global dataset of 100m+ names, and use it to predict different traits for a person based on first name!
NameGuessr guesses a person's nationality, age, and gender based on their name. We also try to give insightful info around the name's origin, name meaning, and name pronounciation.