Wells
Wells is a boy name of English origin, meaning From the springs.
What Wells means
From the springs.
Wells sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Wells comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Wells is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Wells?
You will not find Wells in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Wells
Two ideas meet in Wells: water and the sea and the natural world. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Wells
These share Wells's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Beckett — Dweller by the brook.
- Reed — Red-haired; the riverside reed.
- Brooke — A small stream.
- Lake — A still body of water.
- Marlowe — From the hill by the lake.
- Oaklynn — From the oak meadow pool.
- River — A flowing body of water.
- Douglas — From the dark river.
- Lachlan — From the land of lakes.
- Clodagh — Named for an Irish river.
- Eira — Snow.
- Rocio — Dew; Our Lady of the Dew.
More English names
- Walker — A walker of cloth; a fuller.
- Wesley — From the western meadow.
- Wade — At the river crossing.
- West — From the west; where the sun sets.
- True — Genuine, loyal and real.
- Weston — From the western town.
- Treasure — Something precious and valued.
- Wilbur — Resolute and brilliant.
- Tobin — God is good.
- Wilder — Untamed; of the wild.