<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Other names </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Variant (s) </Th> <Td> Well, Welman, Welles, Wellman and Wellsman </Td> </Tr> <P> Wells is a surname of English origin, but is occasionally used as a given name too . It derives from occupation, location, and topography . The occupational name (i.e. "Wellman") derives from the person responsible for a village's spring . The locational name (i.e. "Well") derives from the pre-7th century waella ("spring"). The topographical name (i.e. "Attewell") 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 and Wellsman . At the time of the British Census of 1881 Wells Surname at Forebears, its relative frequency was highest in Berkshire (3.2 times the British average), followed by Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Kinross - shire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Sussex, Lincolnshire, Dumfriesshire and Bedfordshire . People with the name include: </P> <Ul> <Li> Alan Wells (born 1961), English cricketer </Li> <Li> Alexander H. Wells (d . 1857), New York lawyer, newspaper editor and politician </Li> <Li> Alfred Wells (1814--1867), U.S. Representative from New York </Li> <Li> Alfred Wells (1859--1935), architect in South Australia </Li> <Li> Alice Wells, American diplomat and U.S. Ambassador to Jordan </Li> <Li> Alice Stebbins Wells (1873--1957), first female officer in Los Angeles Police Dept </Li> <Li> Allan Wells (born 1952) Scottish Olympic athlete </Li> <Li> Alphege of Wells (or Ælfheah, died c. 937), third Anglo - Saxon Bishop of Wells </Li> <Li> Andy Wells, mayor of the city of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada </Li> <Li> Andrew Wells, character in the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer </Li> <Li> Angus Wells (1943--2006), British writer of genre fiction, including fantasy and westerns </Li> <Li> Audrey Wells (born 1960), American screenwriter, film director and producer </Li> </Ul>

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