Wallace name meaning

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Updated: May 30th, 2024
Gender: Unisex, both Boy and Girl
Origin: Old French
Usage: English, English and Scottish
Pronunciation: wa-lla-ce
Meaning: Welshman, Stranger, Foreign, Celtic, Man from Wales and Waleis
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What does Wallace mean?

Meaning of Wallace is Welshman, Stranger, Foreign, Celtic, From Wales or Waleis is a gender insensitive name. Its origin is in Old French is used majorly in Scottish and English.

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How do I pronounce Wallace?

The three syllabled name Wallace is commonly pronounced as wa-lla-ce.

Variants of Wallace

Waleis, Walli, Valerius, Walter, Valeri, Valerian, Bhaltair, Volya, Gautier, Walther

Names that rhyme with Wallace

How popular is the name Wallace?

a popular name in United States having over 82119 recievers in 200 years of usage. Recently the name is rising, in 1923, the moniker grabbed the 69th spot and 2803 baby boys were given the name.

Moreover, the name has been to the top 100 baby names 8 times Wallace is an uncommon baby name in England and Wales, in use since 1998, peaked in 2002 when it ranked 2005th.

During its 22 years of usage in France, it had made up to just the top 2000 boy names. There are over 169 babies that have been given the name Wallace in France.

But Wallace is a popular baby name in Brazil where every 1 in 9000 have the name. At least, 110000 people globally have been given the name as per our estimate.

YearBoysGirls
RankBirthsRankBirths
20231009216134146
2022963233152155
2021894256110538
2020911244102239
2019889245858012
201887424900
2017102119700
20161017198108439
2015119515400
2014128413800
View more ▾View full list ▾[1] Source: Social Security Administration

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What numbers say about Wallace?

People often mistake you for a fool but you always find an indirect way to prove them wrong. Waking up at the same time every day, five times a week, makes you feel nervous and steals your energy away. You find a way to disappoint yourself even if there's no reason for disappointment. You are an adventurer who follows his intuition. You can easily get turned off by a person's reckless behavior or bad habits.

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  •  Lincoln means Lake Colony, Settlement By the Lake or Lake Settlement came from Welsh used as a gender-neutral name is used in English
  •  Gloria - The commonly accepted and evergreen unisex name Gloria is originated from Latin, English and German, Gloria means "Prayer of God, Glory or Fame" is used chiefly in English and Faroese
  •  Sallie - Predominant and Enduring Hebrew Sallie is substantially used in English and Danish and is aimed at both sexes, meaning of Sallie is "Princess or Lady"
  •  Maurice means The Moor, Moorish or Muir Meaning Sea is chiefly used in Finnish and French and originated from Latin and Celtic is aimed at both genders

Middle names for Wallace

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Famous people named Wallace

  • Wallace Stegner, American novelist, short story writer
  • Wallace Pratt, pioneer American petroleum geologist
  • Wallace Davenport, United States jazz trumpeter
  • Wallace Walter Atwood, American geographer and geologist
  • Wallace Breem, British librarian and author
  • Wallace West, American science fiction writer
  • Wallace Greenslade, BBC radio announcer and newsreader
  • Wallace Bickley, early settler
  • Wallace Mercer, was chairman of the Scottish football club Heart of Midlothian
  • Wallace Rupert Turnbull, New Brunswick engineer and inventor
  • Wallace Rayfield, second formally educated practicing African American architect
  • Wallace Wattles, American author
  • Wallace Potts, American film director, screenwriter
  • Wallace Markfield, American comic novelist best
  • Wallace R. Brode, American chemist
  • Wallace L. Lind, officer in the United States Navy
  • Wallace Givens, James Wallace Givens, Jr
  • Wallace Campbell, co-founder of CARE International
  • Wallace Jerome, was considered an innovator
  • Wallace Ray Davis, born in San Antonio, Texas
  • Wallace H. Coulter, American electrical engineer, inventor
  • Wallace E. Pierce, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Wallace D. Hayes, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University and one of the world's leading theoretical aerodynamicists
  • Wallace Seawell, American photographer best
  • Wallace T. Foote Jr., Wallace Turner Foote Jr
  • Wallace Bryant, American archer
  • Wallace Terry, African-American journalist and oral historian
  • Wallace Brett Donham, American organizational theorist
  • Wallace Carothers, American chemist
  • Wallace John Eckert, American astronomer
  • Wallace L. W. Sargent, and the Ira S. Bowen Professor of Astronomy at California Institute of Technology
  • Wallace Clement Sabine, American physicist
  • Wallace Smith Broecker, Newberry Professor
  • Wallace E. Conkling, seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago and served
  • Wallace Shawn, American character actor, voice actor
  • Wallace Harrison, American architect
  • Wallace Stevens, American modernist poet
  • Wallace Beery, American film actor
  • Wallace Fard Muhammad, founder of the Nation of Islam
  • Wallace Rider Farrington, sixth Territorial Governor of Hawaii
  • Wallace Nutting, U.S. minister, photographer, artist
  • Wallace Sterling, American educator
  • Wallace F. Bennett, American businessman and politician
  • Wallace Berman, American experimental filmmaker
  • Wallace Reid, American actor
  • Wallace Kyle, Australian
  • Wallace H. White Jr., Wallace Humphrey White Jr
  • Wallace Lloyd Algie, Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Wallace Duffield Wright, British soldier and politician
  • Wallace Le Patourel, British recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Wallace B. Smith, was Prophet-President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
  • Wallace McCutcheon, Canadian lawyer, actuary and politician
  • Wallace Roney, American jazz trumpeter
  • Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader on the on its maiden voyage
  • Wallace Wilkinson, American businessman and politician
  • Wallace C. Miller, Canadian politician

Sources

  1. Social Security Administration, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html
  2. Office for National Statistics, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths
  3. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2540004
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