Wallis

Meanings

1. An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Welsh ancestry.
2. A female given name.
3. An unincorporated community in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States.
4. A city in Austin County, Texas, United States, named after railroad director J. E. Wallis.
5. A hamlet in Ambleston community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0125).

1. A canton of Switzerland (the German name)

Etymology

* (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.