Wallis (surname)

Wallis is a surname of English and Scottish origin. It is a different spelling of Wallace, a common family name in Scotland. The name is taken from the Anglo-Norman French rendition of "weleis" or Welshman, meaning "foreign". Other variations of the surname include Walla, Wallais, Wallace, Wallice, Wallang, Wallass, Wallayis, Wallays, Walleis, Wallensis, Walles, Valance, Valensis, Valeyns, Vallace, Vallance, and Valles.

Another variation of the name is Wallish (not to be confused with the Germanic Wallisch), which derives from similar British origins. The name comes from William or Wilhelm.

The surname may refer to:

• Alfred Wallis (1855–1942), a Cornish fisherman and artist.
• Annabelle Wallis (born 1984), a British actress
• Barnes Wallis (1887–1979), a British scientist - inventor of the bouncing bomb
• Diana Wallis, a British politician
• E. A. Wallis Budge (1857–1954), an Egyptologist
• Gary Wallis, percussionist for rock group Pink Floyd
• George Olivier, count of Wallis (1671–1743), a Habsburg Austrian field marshal
• Gustav Wallis (1830–1878), a German plant collector
• Hal B. Wallis (1898–1986), an American motion picture producer
• Henry Wallis (1830–1916), a British painter
• Hilda Wallis (1900–1979), Irish tennis player
• Jim Wallis, an American social justice Christian activist
• Jimmy Wallis, a British athlete
• John Wallis (1616–1703), a British mathematician
• John Braithwaite Wallis (1877–1961), a Canadian entomologist
• Jon Wallis, a British professional footballer
• Joni Wallis, American cognitive neurophysiologist
• Katherine Wallis (1861–1957), Canadian artist
• Ken Wallis, a British pilot
• Larry Wallis (1949–2019), a British rock musician
• Michael Wallis (born 1945), American journalist and popular historian
• Olivier, Count of Wallis (1742–1799), a Habsburg Austrian general
• Provo Wallis (1791–1892), a British Naval officer
• Quvenzhané Wallis, born in 2003, an American child actress
• Ruth Wallis, an American singer
• Samuel Wallis (1720–1795), an English navigator, for whom Wallis Island is named
• Shani Wallis, a British actress and singer
• Stewart Wallis, an advocate for transition to a new economic system
• Thomas Wallis, (1873–1953), British Art Deco architect. Established Wallis, Gilbert and Partners
• W. Allen Wallis (1912–1998), an American economist and statistician

See also[]

• Wallis (given name)
• Wallace (surname) (original form)
• Wallis (disambiguation)

Surname list

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