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Throughout the world, Slater (Slater , Sclater , Слэйтер ) is a rare mostly boy's, but infrequently feminine given name. The first name Slater is characteristic of the United States, where it is a very rare primarily male, but very infrequently female name, Australia, where it is a very rare unisex name, and the United Kingdom. In absolute terms, the name is most common in the United States, Nigeria, and China. Much more prevalently, Slater is the last name as well as the forename.
Slater is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .