An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a well or a spring. • A male given name transferred from the surname. • A small cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5445). • A small town in Norfolk, England; in full, Wells-next-the-Sea. • A town in the Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. • A locale in the United States: • An unincorporated community in Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana; named for founder James Oscar Wells. • A census-designated place in Ottawa County, Kansas. • A town in York County, Maine; named for the city in England. • A city in Faribault County, Minnesota; named for J. W. Wells, father-in-law of Canadian-American Minnesota politician Clark W. Thompson. • An unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Mississippi. • A city in Elko County, Nevada. • A town and census-designated place therein, in Hamilton County, New York; named for land agent Joshua Wells. • A town in Cherokee County, Texas; named for railroad engineer Maj. E. H. Wells. • A town and census-designated place therein, in Rutland County, Vermont. • An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia. • An unincorporated community in Rockland, Manitowoc County and Rantoul, Calumet County, Wisconsin. • A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin; named for early settler James Wells. • A number of townships, including in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Wells Township.