Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Welshman

Boy name variations

Wallace
Wallis
Wallas
Wally
Wallie
Walsh
Welsh
Welch

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German walhe, walch ‘foreigner from a Romance country’, most probably a nickname for someone from Italy.
  • German : habitational name from Wallach, a place near Wesel.
  • Scottish : variant of Wallace.

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