Wells (name)

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This article is about the name Wells. For other uses, see Wells (disambiguation).
Wells
Family name
Meaning "spring"
Region of origin England
Related names Well, Welman, Welles, Wellman and Wellsman

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See also: Welles (name) and Welles (disambiguation)

Wells is a surname of English origin, but is occasionally used as a given name too. It derives from occupation, location, and topography. The occupational name (i.e. "Wellman") derives from the person responsible for a village's spring. The locational name (i.e. "Well") derives from the pre-7th century waella ("spring"). The topographical name (i.e. "Attewell") derives from living near a spring. The oldest public record is found in 1177 in the county of Norfolk. Variations of Wells include Well, Welman, Welles, Wellman and Wellsman.[1][2] At the time of the British Census of 1881 Wells Surname at Forebears, its relative frequency was highest in Berkshire (3.2 times the British average), followed by Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Kinross-shire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Sussex, Lincolnshire, Dumfriesshire and Bedfordshire. People with the name include:

Surname

A

  • Alan Wells (born 1961), English cricketer
  • Alexander H. Wells (d. 1857), New York lawyer, newspaper editor and politician
  • Alexander D Wells (born 1964), musician and salsa dancer living in Malta
  • Alfred Wells (1814–1867), U.S. Representative from New York
  • Alfred Wells (1859–1935), architect in South Australia
  • Alice Stebbins Wells (1873–1957), first female officer in Los Angeles Police Dept
  • Allan Wells (born 1952) Scottish Olympic athlete
  • Alphege of Wells (or Ælfheah, died c.937), third Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells
  • Andy Wells, mayor of the city of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  • Andrew Wells, character in the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Angus Wells (1943–2006), British writer of genre fiction, including fantasy and westerns
  • Audrey Wells (born 1960), American screenwriter, film director and producer

B

C

D

E

  • EJ Wells and Samantha Brady, fictional characters from the American soap opera Days of our Lives
  • Earle Wells (born 1933), New Zealand Olympic Gold medallist in yachting
  • Ed Wells (baseball) (1900–1986), American baseball pitcher, nickname "Satchelfoot"
  • Edmund W. Wells (1846–1938), American jurist, businessman, and politician.
  • Edward Wells (theologian) (1667–1727), English mathematician, geographer, and controversial theologian
  • Edward Wells (MP) (1821–1910), English Conservative Party politician, MP for Wallingford 1872–80
  • Edward Curtis Wells (1910–1986), director of Boeing Company, designer of the Boeing 747
  • Emmeline B. Wells (1828–1921), American journalist, editor, poet, women's rights advocate and diarist
  • Erastus Wells (1823–1893), American politician and businessman
  • Erik Wells, contemporary American politician and former television news anchor
  • Evelyn Wells, 20th century biographer and author

F

  • Fay Gillis Wells (1908–2002), pioneer aviator, journalist and broadcaster
  • Frank Wells (1932–1994), American entertainment businessman

G

H

I

  • Ida B. Wells (1862–1931), African American civil rights leader
  • Ima Wells (1936-2014), American educator and politician
  • Ira K. Wells (1871–1934), American lawyer and federal judge

J

K

  • Keith Wells (1962–1994), convicted and executed murderer
  • Kent Wells (born 1967), American football player
  • Kerry Anne Wells, Miss Australia and Miss Universe, 1972
  • Kip Wells (born Robert Wells, 1977), American baseball player
  • Kitty Wells (born Ellen Muriel Deason, 1919–2012), American country music singer
  • Kristin Wells, the secret identity of the 1981 version of DC Comics Superwoman

L

  • L. M. Wells (1862–1923), American actor of the silent era
  • Lawrence Wells (1860–1938), Australian explorer
  • Lee Wells (born 1971), American artist, curator, technology and art consultant
  • Lemuel H. Wells (1841–1936), first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane
  • Leo Wells (born 1917), American baseball player
  • Lesley B. Wells (born 1937), U.S. federal judge
  • Linton Wells (1893–1976), American foreign correspondent, world traveller and pioneer broadcaster
  • Lloyd C. A. Wells (1924–2005), American sports photographer and civil rights advocate
  • Lloyd Wells (born c. mid-1940s), American jazz guitarist
  • Lynn Wells, American civil rights activist during the 1960s
  • Leon Wells, US Navy Instructor

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

V

W

Z

  • Zach Wells (born Zachary Stephen Wells, 1981), American soccer goalkeeper
  • Zachariah Wells (born 1976), Canadian poet, critic, essayist and editor
  • Zeb Wells, American comic book writer

First name

  • Wells A. Hutchins (1818–1895), U.S. Representative from Ohio
  • Wells Coates (1895–1958), Canadian-born English architect, designer and writer
  • Wells Goodykoontz (1872–1944), American politician from West Virginia
  • Wells Spicer (1831-1887?), American journalist, prospector, politician, lawyer and judge
  • Wells Thompson (born 1983), American soccer player
  • Wells Tower (born April 14, 1973), American writer of short stories and non-fiction.

Other parts of name

See also

References

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