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Origin / History of the Valler Name

This unusual name may have derived from either of two distinct possible sources.  Firstly, it may be a variant of the surname Waller, which is either a nickname for ‘a man of pleasant temper’, from the Old French word ‘galure’, or ‘gallier’, meaning merry or cheerful; Waller was the North-Eastern French form.  It may also be an occupational name for a mason, a builder of walls, from the Middle English word ‘welle’, meaning wall.  Alternatively the name may be a variant of the Italian surname ‘Valerio’, which originated from a medieval personal name ‘Valerius’ from the Latin ‘valere’, meaning to be strong, to flourish.  The name Valler was borne by several Christian saints, among them the 4^th Century bishop of Trier and Saragossa.  Early recordings of the name include Adam le Walere, found in the ‘Middle English Surnames of Occupation’ in 1280 and one Henry le Waller who was recorded in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire in 1279.  The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Waliere, which was dated 1185, in the ‘Records of the Templars in Kent, England in the 12^th Century. 

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