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WALLACE

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Scottish

Pronounced: WAHL-əs   [key]

From a Scottish surname which originally meant "Welsh" or "foreigner" in Norman French. It was first used as given name in honour of Sir William Wallace, the Scottish hero who led a rebellion to expel the English invaders from Scotland in the 13th century.
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