Updated February 15, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Welshman
  • English : Inquisitive

Boy name variations

Wallace
Wallis
Wallas
Wally
Wallie
Walsh
Welsh
Wallach
Walls
Welce
Wells

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : ethnic name for someone of Welsh origin. This is the usual form of the surname in England; the usual form in Ireland is Walsh and in Scotland Welsh.
  • German : variant of Welk.
  • Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Welsch.

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