Given name & surname
Wellington
“estate”
Wellington is a surname, possibly from Old English. It is used in English and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wellington possibly goes back to Old English tūn, meaning “estate.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Wellington possibly comes from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wellington through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,879
- 2,879 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 60 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #4,382 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,382 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 11.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 60 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,338 as a first name in 2020; 6,689 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wellington’s family of names
In French usage, Wellington as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Māori form Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara. In French usage, Wellington as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Latvian form Velingtona. In French usage, Wellington as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Lithuanian form Velingtonas.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Wellington has relatives in 15 languages. Lines run from its Old English roots to each of them.
15 related names in 15 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Wellington
- Wellington RochaEast Timorese association football playerborn 1990
- Lopes TigrãoBrazilian association football playerborn 1979
- BuenoBrazilian association football playerborn 1995
- Moisés RamírezEcuadorian association football playerborn 2000
- WellingtonBrazilian association football playerborn 1988
- Wellington NemBrazilian footballerborn 1992
- BranquinhoBrazilian association football playerborn 1983
- Wellington SilvaBrazilian association football playerborn 1993
- Wellington SilvaBrazilian association football playerborn 1987
Characters named Wellington: Wellington Yueh (the Dune series).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Wellington, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Weldon
“from the hill near a spring”
>99% boys
Walton
“from the walled town; from the stream town”
>99% boys
Welton
“from the town near the well”
>99% boys
Elton
“a spontaneous woman” · “from the old town”
99% boys · 1% girls
Fenton
“from the town near the marsh”
>99% boys
Eldon
“from the sacred hill”
>99% boys
Elden
“an old friend”
>99% boys
Hilton
“a wealthy woman” · “from the town on the hill”
85% boys · 15% girls