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Updated February 20, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Welshman
  • English : Inquisitive

Boy name variations

Wallace

Wallace

- 11% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wallis

Wallis

+ 100% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Wallas

Wallas

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wally

Wally

+ 67% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Wallie

Wallie

0 % this year
Neutral
Rare
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Welsh

Welsh

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Welch

Welch

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wallach

Wallach

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Walls

Walls

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Welce

Welce

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wells

Wells

+ 6% this year
Masculine
Uncommon
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How Popular Is The Name Walsh

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form (translation) of Breathnach ‘Briton’. It was used in particular to denote the Welshmen who arrived in Ireland in the wake of Strongbow’s Anglo-Norman invasion of 1170.

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