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Wally (male)

Pet Name for:Wallace (M) Walter (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English pet name mainly for Walter, from Old German "powerful warrior", and occasionally for Wallace [q.v.], now out of fashion.
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