Wally

Wally is a given name, and a nickname for Wallace and Walter. Notable people with this given name include:
Wallace Smith Broecker (born 1931), American geochemist
Wally Bruner (1931–1997), American journalist and game show host
Wally Butts (1905–1973), American former football coach
Wally Chambers (born 1951), American football player
Wally Cox (1924–1973), American comedian and actor
Wally Dallenbach Jr. (born 1963), American racecar driver
Wally Dallenbach Sr. (born 1936), American racecar driver
Wally Downes (born 1961), English association footballer and coach
Wally George (1931–2003), American commentator born George Walter Pearch
Wally Green (born 1918), English motorcycle speedway rider
Wally Hayward (1908–2006), South African ultra distance runner
Wally Kurth (born 1958), American daytime soap opera actor
Wally Lewis (born 1959) Australian rugby league footballer
Wally Moon (born 1930) American baseball player
Wally Parks (1913–2007), one of the founders of the National Hot Rod Association
Wally Phillips (1925–2008), former United States radio personality
Wally Price (born 1925), Australian rules footballer
Wally Prigg (1908–1980), Australian rugby league footballer
Wally Schirra (1923–2007), American astronaut
Wally Szczerbiak (born 1977), retired National Basketball Association player
Wally Wingert (born 1961), American voice actor

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Term of admiration, Scottish, early 16c., of unknown origin. As a masc. proper name, a diminutive of Walter, and this might be the source of the teen slang term "unfashionable person" (1969).

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Diminutive of Walter: ruler of the army. Combine of wald (rule) and hari (army).

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Wally Szczerbiak	1977	American former basketball player
2	Wally Schirra	1923	American astronaut
3	Wally Cox	1924	American actor
4	Wally Amos	1936	American author
5	Wally Pipp	1893	American baseball player
6	Wally Kurth	1958	American singer and television performer
7	Eddy Wally	1932	Belgian singer and actor
8	Wally Pfister	1961	Cinematographer, film director
9	Wally Bayola	1972	Filipino comedian
10	Wally Wingert	1961	American actor
11	Wally Backman	1959	American baseball player
12	Wally Wood	1927	American comic strip cartoonist and illustrator
13	Wally George	1931	Television commentator
14	Wally Lamb	1950	American novelist
15	Wally Hammond	1903	English cricket player
16	Wally Joyner	1962	American baseball player
17	Wally Moon	1930	American baseball player and coach
18	Wally Cassell	1912	Italian-American actor and businessman
19	Wally Hickel	1919	Governor of Alaska, United States Secretary of the Interior
20	Wally Buono	1950	Player of American and Canadian football
21	Wally Olins	1930	British brand consultant
22	Wally Badarou	1955	French / Beninese musician
23	Wally Downes	1961	Footballer and coach
24	Wally Masur	1963	Australian tennis player
25	Wally Westlake	1920	American baseball player
26	Wally Hilgenberg	1942	American football player
27	Wally Palmar	1954	American musician
28	Wally Neuzil	1894	Austrian model
29	Wally Albright	1925	Actor
30	Wally Nightingale	1956	British musician
31	Wally Walker	1954	American basketball player
32	Wally Herbert	1934	British polar explorer
33	Wally Wallington		American archaeologist
34	Wally Bruner	1931	American journalist and television host
35	Wally Burr	1924	Voice director and voice actor
36	Wally Dallenbach	1963	American racing driver
37	Wally Boag	1920	American performer
38	Wally Jay	1917	American martial artist
39	Wally Butts	1905	American football player and coach
40	Wally Lopez	1976	Spanish disc jockey and record producer
41	Wally Whyton	1929	British musician
42	Marina Wally	1957	Belgian singer
43	Wally Hope	1947	British drug advocate
44	Wally Oppal	1940	Canadian politician
45	Wally Post	1929	Right fielder in Major League Baseball
46	Wally Floody	1918	"Tunnel King" and organiser of the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III
47	Wally Berger	1905	American baseball player
48	Wally Berg	1955	American mountain climber
49	Wally Patch	1888	Comedian and television actor from Britain
50	Wally Parks	1913	American editor
51	Wally Stocker	1953	British musician
52	Wally Herger	1945	American politician
53	Wally Funk	1939	American astronaut
54	Wally Richardson	1974	American football player
55	James "Wally" Brewster, Jr.	1960	American diplomat
56	Wally Karbo	1915	Professional wrestling promoter
57	Wally Byam	1896	American businessman
58	Wally Crouter	1923	Canadian radio host
59	Wally Bell	1965	Baseball umpire from the United States
60	Wally Bunker	1945	American baseball player
61	Wally Grout	1927	Cricketer
62	Wally Heider	1923	American audio engineer
63	Wally Hedrick	1928	American painter
64	Wally Uihlein	1950	American businessman
65	Wally Yonamine	1925	American football running back
66	Wally Dallenbach, Sr.	1936	American racing driver
67	Wally Tax	1948	Dutch singer
68	Wally Phillips	1925	American radio personality
69	Wally Chambers	1951	American football player
70	Wally Moses	1910	American baseball player and coach
71	Wally Ingram	2000	American musician
72	Wally Wales	1895	American actor (1895–1980)
73	Wally Gagel	1963	American record producer, songwriter, engineer and musician
74	Wally Schang	1889	American baseball player and coach
75	Wally Hayward	1908	South African long-distance runner
76	Wally K. Daly	1940	Writer for television and radio and one time chairman of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain.
77	Wally Fawkes	1924	British cartoonist
78	Wally Westmore	1906	American make-up artist
79	Wally Fowler	1917	American musician
80	Wally Pikal	1927	American musician
81	Wally Carr	1954	Australian boxer
82	Wally Gold	1928	American musician and songwriter
83	Wally Matera	1963	Australian rules footballer
84	Wally Stanowski	1919	Canadian ice hockey defenceman
85	Wally Pleasant		American singer-songwriter
86	Wally Rippel		American engineer
87	Wally Zeballos	1975	Bolivian singer and presenter
88	Wally Feurzeig	1927	American researcher in Artificial Intelligence
89	Wally Bastian		Sri Lankan musician
90	Wally Vernon	1905	American film actor
91	Wally Lemm	1919	American football player and coach
92	Wally Rhines	1946	Engineer and business CEO
93	Wally Gonzales		Guitarist
94	Wally Kinnan	1919	American World War II hero, television newscaster, weatherman, and meteorologist
95	Wally Voss	1958	American musician
96	Wally Barrón	1930
97	Wally Whitehurst	1964	American baseball player
98	Wally Ris	1924	American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder
99	Wally Williams	1971	American football player
100	Wally Foreman	1948	Broadcaster, sports administrator
101	William Wallace Barron	1911	American politician
102	Wally Kincaid	1926
103	Wally Bronner	1927	American founder of Bronner's Christmas Wonderland
104	Wally O'Connell	1923	Australian rugby league player
105	Wally Edwards	1949	Australian cricketer
106	Wally Gabler	1944	American football player
107	Wally Hardinge	1886	English footballer and manager
108	Wally St Pier	1904	English footballer and scout
109	Wally Ardron	1918	English footballer
110	Wally Nelson	1909	American civil rights and peace activist
111	Wally Rank	1958	American basketball player
112	Wally Judnich	1917	American baseball player
113	Wally McArthur	1933	Aboriginal Australian rugby league footballer and track and field athlete
114	Wally Wilson	1947	American record producer
115	Wally Harper	1941	Musical director, composer, conductor, dance arranger, musical supervisor
116	Wally Osterkorn	1928	American basketball player
117	Wally Weber	1903	American football player
118	Wally Koochew	1887	Australian rules footballer
119	Wally Henry	1954	American football player
120	Wally Scott	1924	American pilot
121	Wally Donald	1927	Australian rules footballer
122	Wally O'Connor	1903	American swimmer, water polo player, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder
123	Wally Fullerton Smith	1960	Australian rugby league player
124	Wally Fromhart	1913	American football player and coach
125	Wally Horn	1933	American politician
126	Wally Hergesheimer	1927	Canadian ice hockey player
127	Wally Roettger	1902	American baseball player
128	Wally Anderzunas	1946	American basketball player
129	Wally Rose	1913	American musician
130	Wally Weir	1954	Canadian ice hockey defenceman
131	Wally McRae	1936	American writer
132	Wally English	1939	American football coach
133	Wally Armstrong	1945	American golfer, PGA Tour member
134	Wally Kilrea	1909	Canadian ice hockey player
135	Wally Yeung	1953
136	Wally Hicks	1976	American politician
137	Wally Kennedy		American broadcaster
138	Wally Campbell	1926	American racing driver
139	Wally Prigg	1908	Australian rugby league player
140	Wally Oakes	1932	Railwayman awarded the George Cross
141	Wally Gilbert	1900	American baseball player
142	Wally Cruice	1913	American football player
143	Wally De Doncker	1958	Belgian writer
144	Wally Olds	1949	American ice hockey player
145	Wally Bishop	1905	Comic strip cartoonist
146	Wally Fielding	1919	English footballer and manager
147	Wally Harris	1935	Canadian ice hockey official
148	Wally May	1926	Australian rules footballer and coach
149	Wally Warning	2000	Aruban musician
150	Wally Bragg	1929	English footballer
151	Wally Akers	1917	British footballer
152	Wally Boyer	1937	Canadian ice hockey player
153	Wally Johansen	1917	American basketball player
154	Wally Swist	1953	American poet
155	Wally Snell	1889	American baseball player and coach, college athletic administrator, mycologist
156	Wally Buttsworth	1917	Australian rules footballer and cricketer
157	Wally Lewis		American songwriter and composer
158	Wally Teninga	1928	American football player
159	Wally Schreiber	1962	Ice hockey player
160	Wally Gould	1938	English professional footballer
161	Wally Burnette	1929	American baseball player
162	Gustaf Wally	1905	Swedish actor
163	Wally Tatomir		American ice hockey equipment manager
164	Wally Lock	1917	Australian rules footballer
165	Wally Millies	1906	American baseball player
166	Wally Swift	1936
167	Wally Dittmar		Australian rules footballer
168	Wally Hinshelwood	1929	English footballer
169	Wally Bellett	1933	English footballer
170	Walter Highsmith	1943
171	Wally Peterson	1917	American musical theater actor
172	Wally Brown		British academic administrator
173	Wally Shoup	1944	American musician
174	Wally Borrevik	1921	American professional basketball player
175	Wally Pesuit	1954	American football player
176	Wally Gacek		Ice hockey player
177	Wally Carter	1909	Australian rules footballer and coach
178	Wally Flager	1921	American baseball player
179	Wally Messenger	1891	Australian rugby league player
180	Wally Johnson	1887	Australian rules footballer
181	Wally Bullington		American football player and coach
182	Wally Elmer	1898	Canadian ice hockey player
183	Wally Tapsell	1904
184	Wally Green	1918	British speedway rider
185	Wally Rehg	1888	American baseball player
186	Wally Halder	1925	Canadian ice hockey player
187	Wally Lovett	1961	Australian rules footballer
188	Wally Ulrich	1921	Professional golfer
189	Wally Grant	1927	American ice hockey player
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191	Wally Culpitt	1918	Australian rules footballer
192	Wally Hebert	1907	American baseball pitcher
193	Wally Reinecker	1890	American baseball player
194	Wally Butterworth	1901	American radio announcer
195	Wally Knox		American politician
196	Wally Ross	1922
197	Wally Goldsmith	1848	Professional baseball player
198	Wally Mayer	1890	American baseball player
199	Wally A. Forsberg	1909	American football and basketball coach
200	Wally Besser	1936	Trumpet player