Across the world, والی (Wally 
, والی 
) is a common unisex forename. The first name والی is habitual in Gambia, where it is quite a common boy's name, Aruba, and Belize, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Germany, and Philippines. Also, والی is the last name as well as the forename.
والی is also a popular 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; Wally Cleaver , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character, The Big Cufflink Caper and Wally the Green Monster , the Mascot of the Major League Baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, and in many other works.