Wellesley
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning from the spring by the well.
Babies a year
5
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
Wellesley by the numbers
Wellesley was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 1923, making it a 1920s name.
Other names that mean water
Like Wellesley, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- 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)
- Brookesmall stream1,616 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Wellesley
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