Wallace

See also: wallace

English

Etymology

An Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton, from Anglo-Norman waleis (“foreign”); see wielisc.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒlɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑləs/, /ˈwɔləs/
• Rhymes: -ɒlɪs
• Homophone: Wallis

Proper noun

Wallace (countable and uncountable, plural Wallaces)

1. (countable) A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, notably of the Scottish patriot William Wallace.
   • 2023 February 16, Pavlo Kazarin, “A year ago I volunteered as a soldier in the Ukrainian army”, in NATO Review‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 March 2025:

     We are Harry Potter and William Wallace, the Na’vi and Han Solo. We’re escaping from Shawshank and blowing up the Death Star. We are fighting with the Harkonnens and challenging Thanos. Ukraine is hosting one of the great epics of this century.

   • 2025 March 26, Jordan Valinsky, “Chili’s is opening a retro restaurant in Scranton that celebrates ‘The Office’”, in CNN Business‎^[2], archived from the original on 16 April 2025:

     Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer).

2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
3. A placename:
   1. A town in the Shire of Moorabool, central western Victoria, Australia.
   2. A locale in Canada.
      1. A community in Nova Scotia; named for William Wallace.
      2. A community in Ontario.
      3. A rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Wallace No. 243.
   3. A locale in the United States.
      1. A census-designated place in Calaveras County, California; named for surveyor John Wallace.
      2. A city, the county seat of Shoshone County, Idaho; named for founder Col. William R. Wallace.
      3. A town in Indiana; named for Indiana governor David Wallace.
      4. A city in Kansas; named for the nearby Fort Wallace.
      5. A census-designated place in Louisiana.
      6. An unincorporated community in Curtis Township, Alcona County, Michigan.
      7. An unincorporated community in Mellen Township, Menominee County, Michigan.
      8. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for a railroad official.
      9. A village in Nebraska.
      10. A town in North Carolina.
      11. A census-designated place in South Carolina.
      12. A town in South Dakota; named for the original owner of the town site.
      13. A census-designated place in Harrison County, West Virginia.

Derived terms

• Mount Wallace
• Wallacea
• Wallacean
• Wallace County
• Wallace effect
• Wallace Line
• Wallace-Woodworth

References

• Patrick Hanks, Flavia Hodges, (2001) A Concise Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press.

See also

• Wallis

French

Alternative forms

• wallace

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.las/

Noun

Wallace f (plural Wallaces)

1. ellipsis of fontaine Wallace