At a Glance: Name: Wally – Meaning: nickname for Wallace ('Welshman') or Walter ('army ruler') – Origin: English/Germanic (nickname) – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: WAHL-ee
Wally is an English/Germanic (nickname) unisex name meaning “nickname for Wallace ('Welshman') or Walter ('army ruler')”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Wally
Meaning: Nickname for Wallace ('Welshman') or Walter ('army ruler').
Origin: English/Germanic (nickname).
A common claim: Wally means 'ruling stranger' or 'foreign, of the forest' (as a pet form of Waltraud/Walpurga) Actually: Per Wiktionary and Wikipedia, Wally is usually a masculine nickname for Wallace ('Welshman') or Walter ('army ruler'). A feminine German pet-form use, for Waltraud or Walpurga, exists too, but it's less common.
Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.
How to Pronounce Wally
Phonetic: WAHL-ee IPA: /ˈwɒli/
Popularity of Wally
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1910–2024.
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