Weldon
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning from the well hill or spring hill.
Babies a year
43
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Weldon by the numbers
Weldon was given to 43 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 325 babies in 1920, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Weldon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Westonwestern town3,647 in the US (2017)
- Wilsonson of William, resolute protector402 in the US (2017)
- Wessonson of Wes; patronymic surname form241 in the US (2017)
- Waldenvalley of the Welsh; foreigner's valley45 in the US (2017)
- Waltonwalled settlement or town26 in the US (2017)
- Wiltonsettlement by the willow tree18 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Weldon, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Landonlong hill; open grassy hill6,390 in the US (2017)
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Knoxround hill1,646 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean water
Like Weldon, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
- Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
- Beckhamhomestead with a stream1,280 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Weldon
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