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In all the world, Wales (Wales , والاس , Уэльс ) is quite a rare principally masculine, but very seldom girly first name. The forename Wales is characteristic of Tanzania, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Hong Kong, where it is a rare masculine name, and Saudi Arabia, where it is a very rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Tanzania, Indonesia, and the United States. More frequently, Wales is the last name as well as the forename.
Wales is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Wally West , the fictional character in DC Comics, The Flash; Wallace West , the Kid Flash, The New 52; Wally West , the fictional character from the television series The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow; Wallace Fennel , the fictional human, Veronica Mars and Wallace , the character from Wallace and Gromit, among other works.