# Wallis

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈwɒlɪs/ · frequency rank #21,412

## Definitions
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).

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **walls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallis-vs-walls)
- **wells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallis-vs-wells)
- **Wills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallis-vs-wills)
- **Wally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallis-vs-wally)
- **Willi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallis-vs-willi)
- **willie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallis-vs-willie)
- **Willis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallis-vs-willis)
- **Welles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallis-vs-welles)
- **walrus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallis-vs-walrus)
- **wallow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallis-vs-wallow)
- **wallop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallis-vs-wallop)
- **wall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wall-vs-wallis)
- **wali** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wali-vs-wallis)
- **Wales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wales-vs-wallis)
- **walks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walks-vs-wallis)
- **Walid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walid-vs-wallis)
- **wallet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallet-vs-wallis)
- **walled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walled-vs-wallis)
- **waller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waller-vs-wallis)
- **walkie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walkie-vs-wallis)

## Common misspellings (7)
`awllis`, `walils`, `walis`, `walliss`, `wallsi`, `wlalis`, `wwallis`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wallis