Wellsted
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/wɛɫstɪd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wellsted is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Kent, Sussex. see Wellstead .
- ZASouth Africa
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Kent, Sussex. see Wellstead . Wellstead Variants: Welstead , Wellsted , Wellsteed , Welsted , Wellstood , Willsteed , Willstead • Current frequencies: GB 418, Ireland 4 • GB frequency 1881: 352 • Main GB location 1881: Dorset, Hants English: locative name from Middle English wel(le) ‘well, spring’, or perhaps welwe ‘willow’ in the case of the second bearer, + stede, stide ‘place’, as a topographical description; no such place-name is known, though the first bearer with de suggests the existence of one. Further information: A few of the later spellings suggest derivation from a male personal name Wealhstōd (from Old English wealhstōd ‘interpreter, translator’) surviving into Middle English but not so far independently evidenced. However, the variant Welstod and the like, which seems suggest this personal name clearly, appears only late, the earliest record being from 1608.
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- James Raymond Wellstedb. 1805GBIndian naval lieutenant (1805–1842)
- David WellstedGBresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 145 | #26,173 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Wellsted?
- A machine transcription gives /wɛɫstɪd/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Wellsted mean?
- Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Kent, Sussex. see Wellstead .
- In which country does Wellsted have the most bearers?
- Wellsted is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wellstedThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wellsted”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.