Welch is an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin. It comes from the Old English word Welisc meaning foreign. It was used to describe those of Celtic or Welsh Origin. This surname has no ancestral link to Ireland, though contrary to popular belief, it is English. An American man with the surname Welch tested positive for DNA from Great Britain (89%) but had less than (1%) Irish DNA. Welch is the usual form of the surname in England; the usual form in Ireland is Walsh, and in Scotland Welsh.
Notable people with this surname include:
Adonijah Welch (1821–1889), American politician
Alexander Welch (1873–1962), Canadian politician
Andrew Welch (born 1949), British theatre producer
Bettina Welch (1922–1993), New Zealand actress
Bo Welch, American film director
Bob Welch (disambiguation)
Bob Welch (baseball) (1956–2014), American baseball player
Bob Welch (musician) (1946–2012), American musician
Brian Welch (born 1970), American musician
Bruce Welch (born 1941), English musician
Carolyn Welch (born 1929), American figure skater
Christopher Welch (born 1965), American actor
Daniel Welch (disambiguation)
Dave Welch, English poker player
David Welch, American politician
David Welch (baseball), Australian baseball player
Denise Welch, British actress
Denton Welch (1915–1948), English writer
Ed Welch (born 1947), English composer
Edward Welch (1806–1868), Welsh architect
Edward F. Welch, Jr. (1924–2008), American admiral
Edwin Welch (1838–1916), discovered the explorer John King, sole survivor of the Burke and Wills expedition
Florence Welch (born 1986), vocalist of Florence + the Machine
Frank Welch (disambiguation)
George Welch (pilot) (1918–1954), American military pilot
Gillian Welch (born 1967), American musician
Graeme Welch, English cricketer
Greg Welch, former Australian triathlete
Harold Welch (1912–1995), American businessman, father of Laura Bush
Herbert George Welch (1862–1969), American bishop
Ivo Welch, American economist and finance academic
Jack Welch (illustrator) (1905–1985), American illustrator
Jack Welch (born 1935), American businessman
James Welch (VC) (1889–1978), English soldier
James Welch (writer) (1940–2003), American author
Jonathon Welch (born 1958), Australian choral conductor
Joseph N. Welch (1890–1960), American lawyer
Justin Welch (born 1972), British musician
Keith Welch (born 1968), footballer born in England whose clubs included Rochdale and Bristol City
Larry D. Welch (born 1934), United States Air Force general
Lawrence Welch (born 1945), Australian organisational theorist
Lenny Welch (born 1938), American pop singer
Lew Welch (1926–1971), American poet
Lou Welch, fictional character from Babylon 5
Louie Welch (1918–2008), mayor of Houston
Laura Welch, maiden name of Laura Bush, wife of President George W. Bush
Madison Welch, British glamour model
Martin Welch (1864–1935), American schooner captain
Michael Welch (actor) (born 1987), American actor
Mickey Welch (1859–1941), American baseball player
Noah Welch, American ice hockey player
Patrick W. Welch, American artist
Peter Welch (born 1947), American politician
Raquel Welch (born 1940), American actress
Richard Welch (1929–1975), American diplomat
Robert Welch (disambiguation)
Robert Welch, American wrestler known as Robert Fuller
Robert Welch (designer) (1929–2000), British artist
Robert Welch (photographer), Irish photographer
Robert Anthony Welch (1947–2013), Irish author
Robert Stanley Welch (1928–2000), Canadian politician
Robert W. Welch, Jr. (1899–1985), American politician
Ronald Welch (1909–1982), British writer
Sean Welch (born 1965), British musician
Suzy Welch (born 1959), American magazine editor
Tahnee Welch (born 1961), American actress
Terry Welch, co-author of compression algorithm LZW
Thomas Welch, Canadian judge
Thomas Bramwell Welch (1825–1903), English-American entrepreneur
Thomas Vincent Welch (1850–1903), American politician and conservationist
Werburg Welch, Benedictine nun and artist
William Welch (professional wrestler), American wrestler better known as The Messiah
William A. Welch, American engineer
William H. Welch, founder of Johns Hopkins Medical School
William Welsh (actor), American actor, sometimes credited as William Welch
William Welch (printer), inventor of the modern diploma
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