noun

• 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 in Somerset, England.
• A small town in Norfolk, England, officially Wells-next-the-Sea.
• A town in British Columbia, Canada.
• A locale in the United States:
• An unincorporated community in Indiana; named for founder James Oscar Wells.
• An unincorporated community in Kansas.
• A town in Maine; named for the city in England.
• A city in Minnesota; named for J. W. Wells, father-in-law of Canadian-American Minnesota politician Clark W. Thompson.
• An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
• A city in Elko County, Nevada.
• A town in New York; named for land agent Joshua Wells.
• A town in Texas; named for railroad engineer Maj. E. H. Wells.
• A town in Vermont.
• An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
• An unincorporated community in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
• A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin; named for early settler James Wells.