English: of uncertain origin. It appears to be a habitational name
from an unidentified place with a second element from Old English
well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’, but on the other hand early forms
are found without prepositions. It may be a phrasal nickname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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