Wallace
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
An Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton , from Old French waleis "foreign".
Proper noun [edit]
Wallace
- A surname, notably of the Scottish patriot William Wallace.
- A male given name, transferred use of the surname since the nineteenth century.
References [edit]
- Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Name. Oxford University Press 2001.
