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Wells
Pronounced /wɛlz/
Rank in 2024
#375
Born in 2024
865
Peak year
2024 · #375
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 865 boys were named Wells, about 1 in every 1,983.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It first shows up in the records in 1881.
- 6,040 boys have been named Wells since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Wells per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 341 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 205 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 174 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 124 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 134 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 321 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,714 babies, 0.22 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Old English wella, genitive plural of well (“spring”), in reference to a residence near a group of springs. The original use of the genitive case here would've indicated origin. The -s ending of the modern form would be added later on upon reanalysis after the breakdown of the case system (outside of pronouns) that occurred in the development of English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /wɛlz/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Wells, CC BY-SA 4.0.