Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A surname.
* English surname of Norman origin, from the Anglo-Norman personal name Wale, of Germanic origin, from the name Walo, a byname meaning "foreigner" (see Wallace). This is also from the related Old English wealh (“Welshman”). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English wale (“goodly, amazing”). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English wale (“riverbank”), from Old English walu (“mark from a blow”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Whale, Wheal, which is from Middle English wel (“happy”) or wele (“pool”). * Also as an English surname, from the noun wheel or a nickname from weevil. * As an Ethiopian surname, from a name derived from Amharic ዋለ (walä, “to spend the day”).
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