wells

Meanings

1. plural of well

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of well

1. An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a well or a spring.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A small cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5445).
4. A small town in Norfolk, England; in full, Wells-next-the-Sea.
5. A town in the Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
6. A locale in the United States:
7. An unincorporated community in Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana; named for founder James Oscar Wells.
8. A census-designated place in Ottawa County, Kansas.
9. A town in York County, Maine; named for the city in England.
10. A city in Faribault County, Minnesota; named for J. W. Wells, father-in-law of Canadian-American Minnesota politician Clark W. Thompson.
11. An unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Mississippi.
12. A city in Elko County, Nevada.

Etymology

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.