Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage Yiddish
Scripts װאַלאַך(Yiddish) וולך(Hebrew)

Meaning & History

From Middle High German walch meaning "foreigner (from a Romance country)".

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesVlahović, Vlašić(Croatian) Wallace, Wallis, Walsh, Welch(English) Oláh, Olasz(Hungarian) Wallace, Walsh(Irish) Wallace, Wallis(Scottish) Vlahović(Serbian) Vlašič(Slovene)
User SubmissionWallach

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Entry updated April 16, 2019