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English (also well established in South Wales)
English (also well established in South Wales) : topographic name for someone who lived in a nook or hollow, from Old English and Middle English hale, dative of h(e)alh ‘nook’, ‘hollow’. In northern England the word often has a specialized meaning, denoting a piece of flat alluvial land by the side of a river, typically one deposited in a bend. In southeastern England it often referred to a patch of dry land in a fen. In some cases the surname may be a habitational name from any of the several places in England named with this fossilized inflected form, which would originally have been preceded by a preposition, e.g. in the hale or at the hale.English : from a Middle English personal name derived from either of two Old English bynames, Hæle ‘hero’ or Hægel, which is probably akin to Germanic Hagano ‘hawthorn’ (see Hain 2).Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Céile (see McHale).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Halle.Robert Hale, who settled in Cambridge, MA, in 1632, was an ancestor of the revolutionary war patriot and spy Nathan Hale (1755–76) of CT. The common English surname was brought independently in the 17th century to VA and MD.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Well, with the addition of man ‘man’, i.e. ‘man who lived by a stream’.Variant spelling of German Wellmann.Swedish : ornamental name composed of an unexplained first element (found as a place-name element, of various possible origins) + man ‘man’.Thomas Welman came to Lynn, MA, from England before 1640.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Well.
Boy/Male
German
From the Well-farm
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, Jamaican
Springs; From the Wells; From the Spring
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Well-hill
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a stonemason, Middle English, Old French mas(s)on. Compare Machen. Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.Italian (Veneto) : from a short form of Masone.French : from a regional variant of maison ‘house’.George Mason (1725–92), the American colonial statesman who framed the VA Bill of Rights and Constitution, which was used as a model by Thomas Jefferson when drafting the Declaration of Independence, was a VA planter, fourth in descent from George Mason (?1629–?86), a royalist soldier of the English Civil War who had received land grants in VA. As well as being prominent in the affairs of VA, the family also produced the first governor of MI.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname for someone who behaved in a masterful manner, or an occupational name for someone who was master of his craft or a schoolmaster, from Middle English maister (Old French maistre, Latin magister). In early instances this surname was often borne by people who were franklins or other substantial freeholders, presumably because they had laborers under them to work their lands. In Scotland Master was the title given to administrators of medieval hospitals, as well as being born by the eldest sons of barons; thus, the surname may also have been acquired as a metonymic occupational name by someone in the service of such.Either a dialect form or an Americanized form of German Meister.Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city) : Parsi occupational name for someone who was a master of his craft, from the English word master.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the male personal name Manasseh, Hebrew Menashe ‘one who causes to forget’ (see Manasse), borne in the Middle Ages by Christians as well as by Jews. Hebrew Menashe and its reflexes in other Jewish languages have always been popular among Jews.English : occupational name for someone who made handles for agricultural and domestic implements, from an agent derivative of Anglo-Norman French mance ‘handle’ (Old French manche, Late Latin manicus, a derivative of manus ‘hand’).
Boy/Male
German
From the Well-farm
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a spring or stream, Middle English well(e) (Old English well(a)).German : from a short form of the personal names Wallo, Walilo.German : nickname from Middle High German wël ‘round’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a mower or reaper of grass or hay, Old English mǣðere. Compare Mead, Mower. Hay was formerly of great importance, not only as feed for animals in winter but also for bedding.English : in southern Lancashire, where it has long been a common surname, it is probably a relatively late development of Madder (see Mader).English : The prominent Mather family of New England were established in America by Richard Mather (1596–1669) in 1635. He was a Puritan clergyman from a well-established family of Lowton, Lancashire, England. After he emigrated, he was in great demand as a preacher, finally settling in Dorchester, MA. His son Increase Mather (1639–1723) was a diplomat and president of Harvard. He married his step-sister Maria Cotton, herself the daughter of an eminent Puritan divine, John Cotton. Their son Cotton Mather (1663–1728) bore both family names. The latter was a minister who is remembered for his part in witchcraft trials, but he was also a man of science and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the Old English personal name Wella.topographic name for someone who lived near a spring or stream, from a derivative of Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.German : habitational name from any of various places in the Rhineland called Welling or Wellingen.
Female
Finnish
Variant spelling of Finnish Vellamo, WELLAMO means "to surge, to swell." In mythology, this is the name of a cold-hearted goddess of the sea who dwelled in an underwater palace called Ahtola with her husband Ahto.
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Well-ford
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the three places named Wellington, in Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Somerset. All are most probably named with an unattested Old English personal name Wēola + -ing- (implying association with) + tūn ‘settlement’.Roger Wellington came to Massachusetts Bay Colony from England in 1636.
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English
English : variant of Wellman.
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English (of Norman origin) and French
English (of Norman origin) and French : nickname from Old French marmion ‘monkey’, ‘brat’.Irish : as well as being a Norman English name as in 1, this has been used in recent times for Merriman.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of several places named with the plural of Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’, or a topopgraphical name from this word (in its plural form), for example Wells in Somerset or Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk.Translation of French Dupuis or any of its variants.One of numerous early immigrants from England bearing this name was Thomas Welles, governor of colonial CT, who was in Hartford, CT, by 1636.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Wells.
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a.
Well put together; having symmetry of parts.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Well
a.
Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking kindly.
n.
A doing well; right performance of duties. Also used adjectively.
a.
Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man; the patient is perfectly well.
a.
Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered.
a.
Handsome; wellformed; beautiful; pleasing to the eye.
v. t.
To drain, as land; by means of wells, or pits, which receive the water, and from which it is discharged by machinery.
a.
Spoken with propriety; as, well-spoken words.
n.
The state or condition of being well; welfare; happiness; prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the well-being of men or of society.
a.
Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous.
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Safe; as, a chip warranted well at a certain day and place.
a.
Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Welldrain
v. t.
To pour forth, as from a well.
n.
One who wishes well, or means kindly.
n.
One who does well; one who does good to another; a benefactor.
n.
One who wishes another well; one who is benevolently or friendlily inclined.
a.
Being well folded.
imp. & p. p.
of Welldrain