# Walle

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**Walle** is a surname of [Norwegian](/source/Norway) and [German](/source/Germany) origin, which is a variant of the surname [Wall](/source/Wall_(surname)).[1] Wall in turn is a [topographic name](/source/Topographic_name), which meant a person who lived by a defensive or stone-built wall.[2] The name Walle may refer to:

- [Armando Walle](/source/Armando_Walle) (born 1978), American politician
- [August Walle-Hansen](/source/August_Walle-Hansen) (1877–1964), Norwegian businessman
- [Brianna Walle](/source/Brianna_Walle) (born 1984), American cyclist
- [Hans Jørgen Walle-Hansen](/source/Hans_J%C3%B8rgen_Walle-Hansen) (1912–2012), Norwegian businessman
- [Margot Walle](/source/Margot_Walle) (1921–1990), Norwegian pair skater

## Other uses

- [Walle (Winsen)](/source/Walle_(Winsen)), a village in Germany
- [Walle Plough](/source/Walle_Plough), a 4,000 year old plough
- Walle, an urban district in [Bremen](/source/Bremen), Germany

## See also

- [Van de Walle](/source/Van_de_Walle)
- [Wall (surname)](/source/Wall_(surname))
- *[WALL-E](/source/WALL-E)*, a 2008 animated Pixar film

## References

1. *Dictionary of American Family Names*. ["Walle Family History"](http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=walle), Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 14 January 2016.

1. *Dictionary of American Family Names*. ["Wall Family History"](http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=wall), Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 14 January 2016.

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