Scottish and northern English: of disputed origin. It is most
likely from Old English (Anglian) walh ‘foreign’ (see
Wallace), perhaps applied originally to the Welsh-speaking
Strathclyde Britons, who survived as a separate group in Scotland well
into the Middle Ages.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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