Definition of "Wells"

An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a well or a spring.  examples

A male given name transferred from the surname.  examples

A small cathedral city in Somerset, England.  examples

A small town in Norfolk, England, officially Wells-next-the-Sea.  examples

A town in British Columbia, Canada.  examples

A locale in the United States:

1. An unincorporated community in Indiana; named for founder James Oscar Wells.  examples

2. An unincorporated community in Kansas.  examples

3. A town in Maine; named for the city in England.  examples

4. A city in Minnesota; named for J. W. Wells, father-in-law of Canadian-American Minnesota politician Clark W. Thompson.  examples

5. An unincorporated community in Mississippi.  examples

6. A city in Elko County, Nevada.  examples

7. A town in New York; named for land agent Joshua Wells.  examples

8. A town in Texas; named for railroad engineer Maj. E. H. Wells.  examples

9. A town in Vermont.  examples

10. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.  examples

11. An unincorporated community in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.  examples

12. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin; named for early settler James Wells.  examples