Given name & surname · also Middle English
Walshe
“outsider”
Walshe is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Walshe comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English Walsch, from Old English wælisc, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz, built from Middle English wale (“outsider”) + -isch.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Walshe’s family of names
In English usage, Walshe as a surname is a nickname for Briton. Walshe has a related form in Wallace. In English usage, Walshe as a surname is a nickname for Anglo-Norman.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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