Walthall

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginOld English weald →
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Meanings

proper nounWalthall (countable and uncountable, plural Walthalls)

plural Walthalls

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableA village, the county seat of Webster County, Mississippi, United States.

Origin

  1. Old Englishweald“power”
  2. EnglishWalthall

* As an English surname, from obsolete English given name Waltheof, from Old English weald (“power”) + þēof (“thief”), as in "one who snatched victory from battle." Comparable to, or ultimately Anglicized from, the Old Norse equivalent Valthiófr, from vald + *ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (*þeubaʀ). * As a Scottish surname, variant of Waldie.

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APA

Walthall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Walthall

MLA

“Walthall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Walthall. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Walthall,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Walthall.

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