Wallace is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “foreign.” In 2024 it was given to 229 boys in the United States.
Wallace belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “foreign” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Wallace first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #69 in 1923, and in 2024 229 babies received the name — 83,024 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Wallace means “foreign” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Wallace is a boy name. In 2024, 229 babies received the name in the US.
Wallace comes from the Irish & Celtic tradition.
Wallace first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #69 in 1923, and 229 babies were given the name in 2024.
Wallace is pronounced /ˈwɒlɪs/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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