Meaning and Origin of: Wally

Girl name origins & meanings

  • English : From Wales

Girl name variations

Wallis
Wallie
Walliss
Wallys

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Welshman
  • English : Distinctive
  • German : Powerful warrior, army ruler

Boy name variations

Wallace
Wallis
Wallas
Wallie
Walsh
Welsh
Welch
Wallach
Walker
Walk
Walter
Walt
Walther
Watson
Watkins
Gautier
Gauthier
Ualtar

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : unexplained.
  • South German : variant of Walli, from a short form of any Germanic personal name formed with Old High German waltan ‘to rule’ as a first part, as in Walter.