Wal (given name)

Wal is a male given name and nickname. It is the Australian diminutive for Walter, Wallace, and Wally.

People using this name include:

Sportspeople

 * Wally Carr (1954–2019; aka Wal Carr), Aboriginal Australian professional boxer
 * Wal Chisholm (1915–2005), Newzealander-Australian athlete
 * Wal Fall (born 1992), German soccer player
 * Wal Handley (1902–1941), British motorcycle racer
 * Wal Ives (1906–1983), Australian rugby union footballer
 * Wal Lambert (1916–1993), Australian rower
 * Wal Mackney (1905–1975), Australian rugger and rower
 * Wal Phillips (1908–1998), British motorcycle racer
 * Wal Rigney (1898–1965), Australian rugby union footballer
 * Wal Wallace, pro-wrestler ring name of Pierre Carl Ouellet (born 1967)
 * Wal Walmsley (1916–1978), Australian cricketer
 * Wal Chuol (2006) High School Basketball player

Australian-rules football players

 * Wal Alexander (1923–1995), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal Allan (fl. 1920s), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal Armour (1921–1995), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal Burleigh (1886–1948), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal Dudley (1918–1978), Australian-rules footballer and cricketer
 * Wal Gillard (1874–1931), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal Gunnyon (1895–1972), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal Heron (1875–1936), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal Jenkins (1897–1978), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal Johnson (1913–1999), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal McGrath (1910–1999), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal McKenzie (1879–1931), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal Matthews (1894–1973), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal Riddington (1893–1954), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal Rogers (1889–1965), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal Romari (1907–1962), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal Smallhorn (1881–1968), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal Warren (1876–1942), Australian-rules footballer
 * Wal Williams (1904–1982), Australian-rules footballer

Others

 * Wal Campbell (1906–1979), Australian journalist
 * Wal Cherry (1932–1986), Australian stage theatre artist
 * Wal Fife (1929–2017), Australian politician
 * Wal Hannington (1896–1966), British politician and labour activist
 * Wal McDonald, British gangster
 * Wal Murray (1931–2004), Australian politician
 * Wal Pink (1862—1922), British theatre performer
 * Wal Sargent (1935–2012), 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