Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : From the springs

Boy name variations

Wells
Welles
Weller
Welborne
Weldon
Welford
Welton

How Popular Is The Name Welby

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from either of two places called Welby, one in Leicestershire and one in Lincolnshire. The last is named from Old English wella ‘spring’ + Old Norse býr ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.

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