Updated June 9, 2019

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : From the springs

Boy name variations

Wells

Wells

+ 6% this year
Masculine
Uncommon
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Welles

Welles

- 23% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Welborne

Welborne

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Welby

Welby

0 % this year
Masculine
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Weldon

Weldon

+ 47% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Welford

Welford

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Welton

Welton

0 % this year
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Family name origins & meanings

  • Southern English : topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, an agent derivative of Well.
  • North German : variant of Welle, cognate with 1.
  • German : from an agent derivative of Middle High German wëllen ‘to roll, revolve, or smear’, hence an occupational name for someone who made wattle and daub walls.
  • German : from Middle High German wëllen ‘to cause to boil or simmer’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a smelter, cook, or the like.
  • German : from Middle High German wëlle ‘roll’, ‘bale’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who sold cloth or wool, for example.