Etymology

Wallis

W4A1L1L1I1S1

Today it means: An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Welsh ancestry. Full definition →

Old French waleis
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Wallis · proper noun1

  1. Old French · derived fromwaleis“foreign”
  2. English todayWallis

* (surname): The surname is an Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton, from Old French waleis (“foreign”). The Welsh hamlet may be derived from this.

Wallis · proper noun2

  1. German · borrowed fromWallis
  2. English todayWallis

Borrowed from German Wallis.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.