The wale Surname
wale Name Meaning and History
- from a Germanic personal name Walo, either a byname meaning ‘foreigner’ (see Wallace), or else a short form of the various compound names with this first element.
- nickname for a well-liked person, from Middle English wale ‘good’, ‘excellent’ (originally meaning ‘choice’).
- topographic name for someone who lived near an embankment, Middle English wale (Old English walu).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| William Wale (abt 1817) |
 Sally Mayne
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| Wales of Walsgrave on Sowe |
GaryBerlin981
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| Wale Family of Louisiana |
KevinReese27
| 10 |
| Wale/Whale (Palterton, Derbyshire) |
jcrofts60
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| Wale / Wales Canada to New York |
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| Wale / Wales Canada to New York |
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| Harriet Wale (or Wales) born around 1820 |
neil7421
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| William Wale | Derrick Faux | 2 |
| Anna Wale Bacon | Will Bacon | 0 |
| Rose Ellen Wale | karron nicholds | 0 |
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