Wallis

Where Wallis comes from

* (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.
— Wiktionary's entry for Wallis
  • 2 syllables
Wallis through the years
  1. 1911
    First appearance
    #1,537 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1940
    Peak, #1,311
    26 babies named Wallis, the most in any year.
  3. 1941
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,083.
  4. 1980
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.