Wells (name)
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wells-name-166-11688084
title:
Wells (name)
text:
Wells is an English habitational surname but is possibly also from an old English word for Wales. It normally derives from occupation, location, and topography. The occupational name derives from the person responsible for a village's spring. The locational name derives from the pre-7th century "wælla" ("spring"). The topographical name derives from living near a spring. The oldest public record is found in 1177 in the county of Norfolk. Variations of Wells include Well, Welman, Welles, Wellman
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wiki
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Surname list
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_(name)
date created:
2008-04-09T17:42:25Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T23:03:08Z
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