Given name & surname
Waller
“from the walled town; from the stream town”
Waller is a variant of Walton. One English interpretation is “from the walled town; from the stream town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Waller is a variant of Walton. One English interpretation is “from the walled town; from the stream town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Waller is a variant of Walton. An origin associated with Walton is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Waller through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 225
- 225 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1964. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 143 as a first name in 2020; 34,222 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Waller’s family of names
Waller has a related form in Walton. In German usage, Waller as a surname has a related form in Waeller. In German usage, Waller as a surname has a related form in WALLERT.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Waller
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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