Welles (name)

This article is about the name. For other uses, see Welles (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Wells (name) or Wells (disambiguation).

Welles

Origin
Word/name	English
Meaning	"spring"
Region of origin	English
Other names
Variant form(s)	Well, Wells

Welles is an English locational surname originating from Well, a village and mill in Lincolnshire. Its oldest public record is noted ca. 1086. Variations include Well and Wells. ^[1] People with the name include:

Surname

• Anne Welles, Countess of Ormond (1360–1397)
• Baron Welles (disambiguation)
• Beatrice Welles-Smith, daughter of Orson Welles
• Benjamin Welles (1857-1935), American philanthropist
• Chris Welles Feder, daughter of Orson Welles
• Edmund Welles, an American bass clarinet quartet
• Egon Wellesz (1885–1974), Austrian composer, teacher and musicologist
• Elliot Welles (1927–2006), Holocaust survivor
• Gideon Welles (1802–1878), U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1861–1869
• Gwen Welles (1947–1993), film and stage actress
• Harry Welles Rusk (1852–1926), U.S. politician
• Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Washington State senator
• Jennifer Welles, American porn star
• Jesse Welles, American voice actress
• Joan Welles, 9th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (died 1475)
• John de Welles, 5th Baron Welles (1352–1421)
• John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles (1450–1499)
• Lawson Welles (b. 1975) American film the writer, director and producer
• Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles (1406–1461)
• Marc Welles, actor, grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, son of Rebecca Welles
• Mel Welles (1924-2005), American film actor
• Orson Welles (1915–1985), American actor and director
• Rebecca Welles, American television actress, spouse of TV director Don Weis
• Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (executed 1470)
• Samuel Gardner Welles (1913-1981) American journalist
• Samuel Paul Welles (1907–1997), American paleontologist
• Sumner Welles (1892–1961), U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1937–1943
• Terri Welles (born 1956), American flight attendant, "Playmate of the year" 1981, born Terri Knepper
• Thomas Welles (1598–1660), American politician
• Tiffany Welles, a fictional character in the television series Charlie's Angels
• Viscount Welles (disambiguation)
• William Welles Hollister (1818–1886), a Californian rancher and entrepreneur
• Winthrop Welles Ketcham (1820–1879), American politician
• Welles, American musician

Fictional characters

• Aaron Welles, a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• Justine Welles, a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• Wade Welles, a main character from the television series Sliders

Given name

• Welles Crowther (1977–2001), a hero of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City

See also

• Wells (name)

References

1. "Welles". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013.