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Welles (name)

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Meaning
  
"spring"

Related names
  
Well, Wells

Region of origin
  
English

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. People with the name include:

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Surname

  • Aaron Welles, a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
  • Anne Welles, Countess of Ormond (1360–1397)
  • Baron Welles (disambiguation)
  • Beatice Welles-Smith, daughter of Orson Welles
  • 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, real name Gwen Goldberg
  • 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)
  • Justine Welles, a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
  • 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 (ca. 1922-2005), American film actor, real name Ira Meltcher
  • Orson Welles (1915–1985), American actor and director
  • Rebecca Welles, American television actress, spouse of TV director Don Weis, real name Reba Tassell
  • Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (executed 1470)
  • 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
  • Tori Welles (born 1967), American porn star
  • Viscount Welles (disambiguation)
  • Wade Welles, in the show Sliders
  • William Welles Hollister (1818–1886), a Californian rancher and entrepreneur
  • Winthrop Welles Ketcham (1820–1879), American politician

    • Given name

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

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