Name

Name WALE

Between 1980 and 2022 there were 2 births of Wale in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name Wale per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

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En Français

Prénom Wale
In Italiano

Nome Wale

Information about the first name Wale

The first name Wale has been assigned to:

50.00% to boys
50.00% to girls

The country where the first name Wale is the most common is:

Quebec

This first name is on trend: Both (Unisex)

This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Wale

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Wale : Alew, Awel, Lawe, Lewa, Wa El, Wael, Waël, Weal

Wale in Japanese ^*

Romaji	waru
Katakana	ワル
Hiragana	わる
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Wale in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Wale

English

Etymology

The noun is from Middle English wāle (“planking, welt”), from Old English walu (“ridge, bank; rib, comb (of helmet); metal ridge on top of helmet; weal, mark of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (“stick, root”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Akin to Low German wāle; Old Norse vala (“knuckle”). The verb is from late Middle English wālen, from the noun.

Etymology

From Middle English wale, wal, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *walą, *walō (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, want”). Akin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala "choice" (German Wahl "choice"), Old English willan (“to want”). More at will.

Etymology (See also)

wale on
whale
weal
wheal

Etymology (Verb)

wale (third-person singular simple present wales, present participle waling, simple past and past participle waled)
To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
To beat a person, especially as punishment or out of anger.
To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.

Etymology (Noun)

wale (plural wales)
(Scotland, Northern England) Something selected as being the best, preference; choice.

Etymology (Verb)

wale (third-person singular simple present wales, present participle waling, simple past and past participle waled)
(Scotland, Northern England) To choose, select.

Anagrams

alew, e-law, lawe, weal

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈweɪl/, [ˈweɪɫ]
Rhymes: -eɪl
Homophones: wail, whale (in accent with the whine–wine merger)

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English wealh. For the phonological development, compare hale.

Etymology

From Old English walu, from Proto-West Germanic *walu, from Proto-Germanic *waluz.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse *valu, earlier form of vǫl, variant of val, from Proto-Germanic *walą.

Etymology (Alternative forms)

wælh

Etymology (Noun)

wale
(rare) An outsider; a guest; one from an unfamiliar land.
(rare) A thrall; a hireling.

Etymology (Pronunciation)

IPA(key): /ˈwaːl(ə)/

Etymology (Alternative forms)

walle, wala

Etymology (Noun)

wale (plural wales)
A wooden board used for creating the exterior of a vessel; planking.
(rare) A welt; an injury created by use of a whip or a similar weapon.
(rare) A lesion; a boil.

Etymology (Pronunciation)

IPA(key): /ˈwaːl(ə)/

Etymology (Adjective)

wale
amazing, of great quality or talent.
pleasing, nice, enjoyable, benevolent
strong, firm, strengthy
(negatively) impactful, grievous, melancholy
(rare) decided, resolved, picked.

Etymology (Alternative forms)

wal, wall, wayle

Etymology (Noun)

wale
A selection or possibility; a decision.
(rare) A preference; something chosen due to its quality.

Etymology (Pronunciation)

IPA(key): /ˈwaːl(ə)/

Etymology (Noun)

wale
Alternative form of vale

Etymology (Noun)

wale
Alternative form of wal

Etymology (Verb)

wale
Alternative form of walen

Etymology (Noun)

wale
Alternative form of whale

Middle Dutch

Adverb

wāle
Alternative form of wel

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈwaːlə/

Polish

Noun

wale m anim
nominative/accusative/vocative plural of wal

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈva.lɛ/
Rhymes: -alɛ
Syllabification: wa‧le
Homophone: walę

German

Noun

Wale m pl
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Wal (“whale”)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈvaːlə/
Rhymes: -aːlə

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English wal, wale, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *walą, *walō (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”).
Akin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala (“choice”) (German wählen (“to choose”)), Old English willan (“to want”).