Male name
Wells
7,164 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 2025. Expression number: 8.
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.From Wiktionary, entry “Wells”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 2025: 958 births. 7,164 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2020s. It really came into use around 1912. It is still given: 3,865 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
5 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 17 → 8
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
5
freedom, change, movement
5 = 5
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
5 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 12 → 3
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 3 · expression, creativity, sociability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.