Weller

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• Southern English : topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, an agent derivative of Well.
• North German : variant of Welle, cognate with 1.
• German : from an agent derivative of Middle High German wëllen ‘to roll, revolve, or smear’, hence an occupational name for someone who made wattle and daub walls.
• German : from Middle High German wëllen ‘to cause to boil or simmer’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a smelter, cook, or the like.
• German : from Middle High German wëlle ‘roll’, ‘bale’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who sold cloth or wool, for example.