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View Name: Wallace


WALLACE
GENDER: Masculine
PRONOUNCED: WAHL-əs   [key]
Meaning & History
From a Scottish and English 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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DIMINUTIVE: Wally (English)
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