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 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:

Welles

Origin
Word/name	English
Meaning	"spring"
Region of origin	English
Other names
Variant form(s)	Well, Wells

Surname

• Anne Welles, Countess of Ormond (1360–1397)
• Baron Welles (disambiguation)
• Beatrice Welles-Smith, daughter of Orson Welles
• Benjamin Welles (1857-1935), American philanthropist
• 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
• 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)
• 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 (1924-2005), American film actor
• Orson Welles (1915–1985), American actor and director
• Rebecca Welles, American television actress, spouse of TV director Don Weis
• Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (executed 1470)
• Samuel Gardner Welles (1913-1981) American journalist
• 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)
• William Welles Hollister (1818–1886), a 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)