Roman family name that was possibly derived from Latin hora meaning “hour, time, season”, though the name may actually be of Etruscan origin. A famous bearer was Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a Roman lyric poet of the 1st century BC who is better known as Horace in the English-speaking world.
People with the name Welcott have a deep inner desire to inspire others in a higher cause, and to share their own strongly held views on spiritual matters.