Wallace

Meanings

1. A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, notably of the Scottish patriot William Wallace.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
3. A placename:
4. A town in the Shire of Moorabool, central western Victoria, Australia.
5. A locale in Canada:
6. A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; named for William Wallace.
7. A community in North Perth municipality, Perth County, Ontario.
8. A rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Wallace No. 243.
9. A locale in the United States:
10. A census-designated place in Calaveras County, California; named for surveyor John Wallace.
11. A minor city, the county seat of Shoshone County, Idaho; named for founder Col. William R. Wallace.
12. A township in LaSalle County, Illinois.

Etymology

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