Walle

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Walle is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, United States, Brazil, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian

  Also written Wall-E, Wallé, Wälle, Wall-É

• French surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States, Netherlands

  Also written Wallé, Wall-E, Wallè

• Norwegian surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Sweden, Denmark

  Languages: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish

  Also written Wallé

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Wälle, Wallé

• Swahili surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Netherlands

  Also written Wälle, Wallé

• Chinese surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in China, Belgium, United States, Switzerland

  Also written Wall-E

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Walle is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In enm, alternative form of wal

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In gmw-ecg, while

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Paul Walleb. 1872FRFrench economist and explorer (1872-1950)
• Marcel Walleb. 1913FRFrench cyclist (1913-1943)
• Margot Walleb. 1921NONorwegian figure skater (1921-1990)
• Heinrich Walleb. 1941DEGerman navy officer, military historian and author
• Denis Walleb. 1948FRFrench politician
• Knut Walleb. 1949NONorwegian actor
• Rune Walleb. 1951NONorwegian musician
• Johan Vande Walleb. 1957BEresearcher
• Armando Walleb. 1978USAmerican politician
• Vetle Walle Egelib. 2004NONorwegian footballer (born 2004)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Walle mean, and where does it come from?

Main GB Location (1881): London; WR Yorks. see Wall . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.

How do you pronounce Walle?

A machine transcription gives /waʎe/ (IPA) for Spanish.

In which country does Walle have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Walle in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled walle.

Where is Walle most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Walle is densest in Norway — about 1 in 3.5 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Walle?

In Norway, the national register counted 1,552 people named Walle, about 1 in 3.5 thousand residents.

How common is Walle compared with other names?

In Belgium, Walle is the 351st most common surname of 246,397 surnames recorded there.