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"WALLY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the commander of the army". |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's Blue Bolt again, Wally, and you know what that means. (The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure; writing credit: George Kashdan) But gee, Wally, you hang around with girls and the guys don't give you the business. (Leave It to Beaver; writing credit: Katherine Albert; Joe Connelly) | |
Tongue Twisters | Wally Winkle wriggles his white, wrinkled wig. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Wally Gator (1962) La Wally (1932) The Honourable Wally Norman (2003) Wally Wanker's Candy Fuctory (2001) Chuck and Wally on the Road (1995) | |
Song Titles | Oochie Wally (performing artist: QB) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Wally Schirra Greets Dr. Wernher von Braun. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Mercury Astronaut Wally Schirra. Credit: NASA. |
![]() | Tualatin Valley Irrigation District emplyee, Wally Otto, at irrigation gates and spillway. The Irrigation District uses NRCS snow survey data to manage water use. Credit: Ron Nichols. | ![]() | Wally Andrews. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Wally Frank, Inc., business at 44th St. and Madison Ave., New York City. Close-up, entrance. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "WALLY" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 81.21% of the time. "WALLY" is used about 165 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 81.21% | 134 | 27,488 |
| Noun (singular) | 18.79% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Total | 100.00% | 165 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "WALLY" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Wally | First name Male | 4,000 | 1,191 |
| Wally | Last name | 100 | 76,378 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "WALLY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the commander of the army". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "WALLY." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Wouter | Male | Dutch | Walter |
| Wally | Male, Female | English | Walter |
| Walt | Male | English | Walter |
| Walter | Male | English | N/A |
| Wat | Male | English | Walter |
| Valtteri | Male | Finnish | Walter |
| Gautier | Male | French | Walter |
| Walter | Male | German | N/A |
| Walther | Male | German | Walter |
| Gualtiero | Male | Italian | Walter |
| Gualter | Male | Portuguese | Walter |
| Valter | Male | Portuguese | Walter |
| Valter | Male | Scandinavian | Walter |
| Walter | Male | Scandinavian | N/A |
| Bhàtair | Male | Scottish | Walter |
| Bhaltair | Male | Scottish | Walter |
| Gwallter | Male | Welsh | Walter |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "WALLY": Wally-wally. | |
Ending with "WALLY": peely-wally, Wally-wally. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
wally | 275 | lyrics oochie wally | 20 |
wally world | 110 | wally post | 18 |
wally lamb | 110 | wally pipp | 17 |
marshall wally | 78 | london wally world | 17 |
wally pontiff | 68 | mccarthy wally | 15 |
wally szczerbiak | 53 | wally wood | 15 |
de doncker wally | 47 | wally west | 14 |
park wally | 47 | wally amos | 14 |
wally cox | 40 | half life wally | 14 |
counter strike wally | 40 | spray wally | 14 |
oochie wally | 39 | green monster wally | 13 |
wally george | 30 | park wally water world | 13 |
wally kurth | 29 | wally herger | 12 |
download wally | 29 | wally yacht | 11 |
wheres wally | 27 | lewis wally | 10 |
wally gator | 25 | wally joyner | 10 |
eddy wally | 24 | wally armstrong | 10 |
donde esta wally | 22 | wally pleasant | 9 |
london ontario wally world | 21 | wally szczerbiak picture | 9 |
cs wally | 20 | flash wally west | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "WALLY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vollidiot, Trottel (blithering idiot, booby, clown, dolt, dope, dumbbell, idiot, jerk, lubbers, moron, mug, nana, nincompoop, ninny, oaf, rube, sap, schmuck, softies, sucker, twit, zombie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | allyway Seleccionado (selected), Criajo (urchin). (various references) Dumskalle (blockhead, dimwit, dolt, dope, dummy, fathead, gawky, imbecile, jackass, jay, lug, lump, meat ball, muggins, sap, saphead, twerp, twit, yo-yo). (various references) чималий (considerable, generous, sizable, sizeable), ПриÑ"мний, Міцний, Ð"рібничка, Ð'ідбірний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "WALLY": wallydraigle, wallydraigles. (additional references) | |
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"WALLY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Awliya, Wallie, welly, Wilky, wlly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "WALLY" (pronounced wô"lē or wā"lē) |
| 4 | w ô" l ē | Wallie. |
| 3 | -ô" l ē | crawly. |
| 3 | -ā" l ē | Bailey, Bailie, daily, gaily, ukulele. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-l-w-y" | |
-1 letter: ally, wall, waly, yawl. | |
-2 letters: all, awl, law, lay, way, yaw. | |
-3 letters: al, aw, ay, la, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-l-w-y" | |
+2 letters: awfully, drywall, hallway, rollway, sallowy, tallowy, tollway, wallaby, walleye, waybill. | |
+3 letters: alleyway, drywalls, fallaway, hallways, lawfully, lawyerly, rollaway, rollways, sallowly, spillway, tollways, walleyed, walleyes, waybills, weaselly, welladay, wellaway, willyard, willyart, willywaw. | |
+4 letters: alleyways, allowably, allowedly, fallaways, lawlessly, scallywag, shallowly, spillways, wailfully, wakefully, wealthily, welladays, wellaways, willywaws. | |
+5 letters: drawlingly, flawlessly, lawyerlike, lukewarmly, playfellow, scallywags, stalwartly, unlawfully, wastefully, watchfully, wavelessly, wearifully, wrathfully, yellowtail, yellowware. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Names: Derived from 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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