An English surname, Wells, means ‘spring.’ It refers to a person working at a village’s spring or source of water.

Additional spellings forms include Welles, Well, Welman, Wellman and Wellsman.

In French the Wells surname is spelled Dupuis.

In England the Wells surname is popular in Sussex, Lincolnshire, Bedfordshire and Kent. In Scotland the areas with many Wells families are Dumfries-shire and Kinross-shire.

Within the United States the Wells families live in New York, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

Famous: Audrey Wells (film producer, writer and director), Fay Gillis Wells (female aviation pioneer), Bubba Wells (professional basketball player), H. G. Wells (English science fiction writer), Danny Wells (Canadian TV and Film actor), Bonzi Wells (professional basketball player), James Murray Wells (founder of the English ‘Glasses Direct’ Company), Horace Wells (19th century pioneer dentist).