Wellsted is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
James Raymond Wellsted (1805–1842), lieutenant in the Indian navy Raife Wellsted (1929–2012), British philatelist Sophie Matilda Wellsted, mother of Kate Marsden (1859-1931), British missionary, explorer, writer and nursing heroine James Wellsted, the executive vice president of Sibanye-Stillwater
See also Wellstead, a town and locality of the City of Albany, Western Australia