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
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

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