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 forms	Well, Wells

Welles is an English locational surname originating from Well, a village and mill in Lincolnshire. Its oldest public record is noted c. 1086. Variations include Well and Wells. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Anne Welles, Countess of Ormond (1360–1397)
• Baron Welles (disambiguation)
• Benjamin Welles (1857-1935), American philanthropist
• Edmund Welles, American clarinetist
• Egon Wellesz (1885–1974), Austrian composer, teacher and musicologist
• Elliot Welles (1927–2006), Holocaust survivor
• Gideon Welles (1802–1878), American Secretary of the Navy
• Gwen Welles (1947–1993), film and stage actress
• Harry Welles Rusk (1852–1926), American politician
• Jeanne Kohl-Welles, American politician from Washington State
• 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)
• Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles (1406–1461)
• Martin Welles (1787–1863), American politician from Connecticut
• Mel Welles (1924-2005), American film actor
• Orson Welles (1915–1985), American actor and director
• Patricia Welles (born 1934), American writer
• Rebecca Welles, American actress
• Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, executed 1470
• Roger Welles (1862–1932), American naval officer
• Samuel Gardner Welles (1913-1981) American journalist
• Samuel Paul Welles (1907–1997), American paleontologist
• Sumner Welles (1892–1961), U.S. Undersecretary of State
• Terri Welles (born 1956), American flight attendant, "Playmate of the year"
• Thomas Welles (1598–1660), American politician
• Tiffany Welles, a fictional character in the television series Charlie's Angels
• William Welles Hollister (1818–1886), 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)