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Across the world, Wallace (Wallace , والاس , 华莱士 , among others...) is a common boy's first name. The forename Wallace is habitual in Brazil, where it is quite a common masculine name, Hong Kong, and the United States. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Brazil, the United States, and Canada. More frequently, Wallace is the last name as well as the forename.
Wallace is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Wallace West , the Kid Flash, The New 52; Wallace , the character from The Wire; Wallace Fennel , the fictional human, Veronica Mars; Wallace , the character from Wallace and Gromit and Wallace Breen , the fictional character in the Half Life series of video games, Half-Life 2, and in many other works.