Wallace

Scottish

"foreigner, stranger"

Wallace Origin and Meaning

The name Wallace is a boy's name of Scottish, English origin meaning "foreigner, stranger".

Wallace is so square could almost be ripe for a turnaround, especially with the hipness imparted by the British Claymation series Wallace & Gromit. And Wally makes an adorable Leave it to Beaver retro-style nickname.

A Top 100 name in the 1920s, as reflected in early film stars Wallace Beery and Wallace Reid, Wallace hung on in the Top 1000 until the early 1990s. A notable modern namesake is poet Wallace Stevens.

Wallace stems from the names first given to the native British people as distinct from the Anglo-Saxons, later applied to the people living in Wales. Wallace is classically a Scottish name, popularized in the last century in honor of the medieval hero of the Scottish War of Independence. William Wallace--leading character in the film Braveheart.

Wallace Rank in US Top 1000

# 966 in the US

Wallace Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 597 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Wallace

• 966 US 2022
• 597 Nameberry 2025
• 13 Unique 2023
• 628 Future 2028

20 Names Similar to Wallace

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• Clive
• Bertie
• Angus
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• Hal
• Ralph
• Gilbert
• Fitzgerald
• Seymour
• Walt
• Fergus
• Elmer
• Murray
• Ned
• Chester
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Famous People Named Wallace

• Wallace Gilberry American football player
• Wallace Stevens American poet
• (William) Wallace Halleck Reid American silent film actor
• Wallace Fitzgerald Beery American actor
• Wallace Earle Stegner American historian and novelist
• Wallace Michael "Wally" Shawn American actor/comedian
• Wallace Spearmon American Olympic sprinter
• Wallace Clayton "Wah Wah" Jones American basketball player
• Wallace Allan "Wally" Wood American comic book artist and writer
• Wallace Wade "Wally" Moon American baseball player
• Wallace Perry "Wally" Wolf American Olympic swimmer
• Wallace E. "Wally" Wingert American actor and voice actor
• Wallace Huo Chien hwa, Taiwanese actor, singer and producer
• William Wallace leader during Scottish wars of Independence
• Wallace Langham American actor
• Wallace Henry Hartley bandmaster and violinist aboard RMS Titanic
• Wallace "Wally" Amos Jr., American who founded the chocolate chip cookie brand "Famous Amos"

The name Wallace in Pop Culture

• Wallace Bryton main character in 2014 horror film "Tusk"
• Wallace Wells character in comic and film "Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World"
• "Wallace and Gromit " animated TV and film series
• Wallace Evans character in film "The Good Son"
• Wallace character on TV's "Nikita"
• Wallace Fennel character on TV's "Veronica Mars"
• Wallace water,type gym leader and champion in the Pokemon video games
• Wallace character on HBO's TV Show "The Wire"
• Wallace "Wally" West DC Comics Character "Kid Flash"
• Wallace Mahoney character on ABC's show "How to Get Away with Murder"
• Wallace Boden character on TV's "Chicago Fire"