Wells (name)

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 "wælla" ("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,[3] 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:

Not to be confused with Welles (name) or Welles (disambiguation).
Wells
Origin
Word/nameEnglish
Meaning"spring"
Region of originEngland
Other names
Variant form(s)Well, Welman, Welles, Wellman and Wellsman

Surname

A

B
  • Basil Wells (Basil Eugene Wells, 1912–2003), American writer.
  • Ben Wells (actor) (born 1982), American television and film actor
  • Ben Wells (American Guitarist) for southern rock band "Black Stone Cherry"
  • Ben Wells (footballer), English footballer
  • Benjamin W. Wells (1856–1923), American scholar and editor
  • Bertram Whittier Wells (1884–1978), American botanist and ecologist
  • Bill Wells, Scottish musician
  • Bill Wells (footballer) (William George "Bill" Wells, a.k.a. "Bomber" Wells, 1920—2013), Australian Rules footballer
  • Billy Wells (football player) (William Prescott Wells, 1931–2001), American footballer
  • Billy Wells (footballer) (William Charles Richard Wells, 1916–1984), Australian Rules footballer
  • Bob Wells (baseball) (Robert Lee Wells, born 1966), American baseball pitcher
  • Bomber Wells (Bryan Douglas Wells, 1930–2008), English cricketer
  • Bonzi Wells (Gawen DeAngelo Wells, born 1976), American professional basketball player
  • Boomer Wells (David Lee Wells, born 1963), American baseball pitcher
  • Bowen Wells (born 1935), British politician
  • Brian Wells (disambiguation)
  • Briant H. Wells (1871-1949), American Major General
  • Bruce Wells (1933–2009), English boxer
  • Bubba Wells (Charles Richard "Bubba" Wells, born 1974), American basketball player
  • Bulkeley Wells (1872–1931), "colourful character"

C
  • Cal Wells, American businessman
  • Caroline Louise Josephine Wells (1856–1939), first professionally qualified female dentist in Ontario, Canada.
  • Carolyn Wells (1862–1942), American author and poet
  • Chandler Wells (1812-1870), Pioneering Minister and founder of city in Michigan
  • Charles Wells (disambiguation)
  • Charlie Wells (Charles Wells 1892—1929), Australian Rules footballer
  • Charlie Wells (Charles Harding Wells 1923-2004), Mississippi hardboiled mystery writer
  • Chris Wells (disambiguation)
  • Clara Louisa Wells (c.1850-c.1925), American writer and inventor
  • Clark Henry Wells (1822–1888), U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
  • Claudia Wells (born 1966), American actress
  • Clifford Wells (1896–1977), American basketball coach
  • Clyde Wells (born 1937), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Colin Wells (disambiguation)
  • Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (aka "Connie", born 1960), Australian politician
  • Cory Wells (1942–2015), American singer (Three Dog Night)
  • Cyril Wells (1871–1963), English cricketer, rugby footballer and schoolmaster

D
  • Daniel Wells (disambiguation)
  • David Wells (disambiguation)
  • Dawn Wells (born 1938), American actress
  • Dean Wells (disambiguation)
  • Deane Wells (born 1949), Australian politician
  • Delores Wells (born 1937), American model, actress, Playboy Playmate June 1960
  • Derek Wells (born 1946), Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman
  • Dicky Wells (William Wells, 1907–1985), American jazz trombonist
  • Dino Wells (David R. Wells Jr, born 1971), American actor, writer and production assistant
  • Dolly Wells (born 1971), English actress
  • Doris Wells (1943–1988), Venezuelan actress, writer, and director
  • Dustin Wells (born 1983), Australian soccer player

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
  • Killian Wells, American pop music artist and entrepreneur
  • 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 (1917–2006), 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

M

N
  • Nahki Wells, Bermudian professional footballer for Huddersfield Town
  • Nathaniel Wells (1779–1852), landowner, magistrate and Britain's first black Sheriff
  • Nick Wells (born 1951), American heavyweight boxer
  • Nina Mitchell Wells, American lawyer, academic and currently Secretary of State of New Jersey
  • Norm Wells, American football player

O

P

R

S
  • Sally Wells, fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
  • Samuel Wells (1801–1868), American politician, Governor of Maine
  • Scott James Wells, contemporary American actor
  • Scott Wells (American football) (born 1981)
  • Shan Wells, contemporary American sculptor and political illustrator
  • Sigar of Wells (died c. 996), Bishop of Wells
  • Simon of Wells (died 1207), medieval Bishop of Chichester
  • Simon Wells (born 1961), director, great grandson of H. G. Wells
  • Spencer Wells (born 1969), geneticist and anthropologist
  • Stanfield Wells, American Footballer active c. 1910
  • Stanley Wells (born 1930), British Shakespeare scholar and academic
  • Steven Wells (born 1960- 2009), British journalist and author formerly based in USA
  • Sue Wells, contemporary New Zealand author and city councillor
  • Swithun Wells (c. 1536–1591), beatified English Catholic martyr

T
  • Ted Wells, American criminal attorney
  • Terry Wells (born 1963), American baseball pitcher
  • Thomas Wells (disambiguation)
  • Todd Wells, contemporary American bicycle racer (cyclo-cross and mountain bike)
  • Tommy Wells (born 1957), Washington, D.C. politician
  • Tyrone Wells, contemporary American singer/songwriter in the folk pop genre

V
  • Vernon Wells III (born 1978), American baseball player
  • Vernon Wells (actor) (born 1945), Australian film and television actor
  • Vincent Wells (born 1965), English cricketer

W
  • W. Wells, English cricketer active 1791–1816
  • W. Woodbury Wells (1860–1901), Canadian teacher, lawyer and political figure
  • Warren Wells (born 1942), American football player
  • Wayne Richard Wells (1965–2014) (aka Wayne Static), American metal musician
  • Wayne Wells (wrestler) (born 1946), American Olympic wrestler
  • William Wells (disambiguation)

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 1973), American writer of short stories and non-fiction
  • Wells Twombly (1935–1977), American sportswriter and author

Other parts of name
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See also

References
  1. "Surname: Wells". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  2. "Wells Family Crest and Name History". houseofnames.com. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  3. "Wells Surname Meaning, Origins & Distribution". forebears.io.
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