Wal is a male given name and nickname. It is the Australian diminutive for Walter, Wallace, and Wally.
People using this name include:
Persons
Sportspeople
- Wally Carr (1954âÂÂ2019; aka Wal Carr), Aboriginal Australian professional boxer
- Wal Chisholm (1915âÂÂ2005), Newzealander-Australian athlete
- Wal Fall (born 1992), German soccer player
- Wal Handley (1902âÂÂ1941), British motorcycle racer
- Wal Ives (1906âÂÂ1983), Australian rugby union footballer
- Wal Lambert (1916âÂÂ1993), Australian rower
- Wal Mackney (1905âÂÂ1975), Australian rugger and rower
- Wal Phillips (1908âÂÂ1998), British motorcycle racer
- Wal Rigney (1898âÂÂ1965), Australian rugby union footballer
- Wal Wallace, pro-wrestler ring name of Pierre Carl Ouellet (born 1967)
- Wal Walmsley (1916âÂÂ1978), Australian cricketer
- Wal Chuol (2006) High School Basketball player
Australian-rules football players
- Wal Alexander (1923âÂÂ1995), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal Allan (), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal Armour (1921âÂÂ1995), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal Burleigh (1886âÂÂ1948), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal Dudley (1918âÂÂ1978), Australian-rules footballer and cricketer
- Wal Gillard (1874âÂÂ1931), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal Gunnyon (1895âÂÂ1972), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal Heron (1875âÂÂ1936), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal Jenkins (1897âÂÂ1978), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal Johnson (1913âÂÂ1999), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal McGrath (1910âÂÂ1999), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal McKenzie (1879âÂÂ1931), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal Matthews (1894âÂÂ1973), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal Riddington (1893âÂÂ1954), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal Rogers (1889âÂÂ1965), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal Romari (1907âÂÂ1962), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal Smallhorn (1881âÂÂ1968), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal Warren (1876âÂÂ1942), Australian-rules footballer
- Wal Williams (1904âÂÂ1982), Australian-rules footballer
Others
- Wal Campbell (1906âÂÂ1979), Australian journalist
- Wal Cherry (1932âÂÂ1986), Australian stage theatre artist
- Wal Fife (1929âÂÂ2017), Australian politician
- Wal Hannington (1896âÂÂ1966), British politician and labour activist
- Wal McDonald, British gangster
- Wal Murray (1931âÂÂ2004), Australian politician
- Wal Pink (1862âÂÂ1922), British theatre performer
- Wal Sargent (1935âÂÂ2012), British-American astronomer
- Wal Torres (born 1950), Brazilian gender therapist
Fictional characters
- Wallace Cadwallader "Wal" Footrot, the main character in the Footrot Flats comic strip
- Wal Rus, a Marvel Comics character, a fictional anthropomorphic walrus
See also