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I know of a toddler Walter, though I've never met either him or his parents. My daughter is friends with his mother on a mommies message board. He was born the same month and year as my grandson, January 2008.

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I know it's my age (sigh), but Walter is the ultimate fuddy-duddy old-man-with-shorts-and-high-socks-and-wearing-a-polyester-shirt-with-golf-clubs-on-it name to me. I couldn't believe it when my daughter told me that this woman named her baby Walter. I asked, "Is that a family name?" My daughter replied, "No, she just likes the name" and then I said, "What?! You're kidding!"

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Maybe, as evidenced by the fact that you've seen another toddler Walter, it's becoming popular. I guess it's just the cycle of things, but I think that people in my age group will just never get how Walter can seem attractive. Younger people will just roll their eyes at us.

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Since you mention Isabella and how sickeningly princessy it is to you, I will restate, (though I have recently already mentioned it) that Isabella is anything but that to me. It's heavy and clunky. If it *were* princessy to me, I think I'd love it, since I tend to like princessy names.