Wesley
A boys’ name of English origin, meaning western meadow.
How Wesley has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #126 |
| 2016 | #117 |
| 2017 | #111 |
| 2018 | #105 |
| 2019 | #99 |
| 2020 | #98 |
| 2021 | #85 |
| 2022 | #70 |
| 2023 | #69 |
| 2024 | #58 |
| 2025 | #52 |
Wesley by the numbers
In 2025, 72 babies in England and Wales were named Wesley. In the US, 3,607 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 4,305 babies in 1977, making it a 1970s name.
At its height, in 1980, about 1 in 590 American boys born that year was called Wesley.
Names that come from Wesley
Forms of Wesley in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Wesley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Westleyfrom the western meadow263 in the US (2017)
- Wesleewestern meadow; a form of wesley52 in the US (2017)
- Weslywestern meadow; a form of Wesley9 in the US (2017)
- Wensleyfrom the wens clearing or meadow6 in the US (2017)
- Wileywater meadow; willow-lined stream143 in the US (2017)
- Westenfrom the western settlement; a modern respelling of Westin77 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Wesley
Names that are said the same way as Wesley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Wesleighwestern meadow; modern respelling of Wesley20 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Wesley, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
- Camdenenclosed valley2,786 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Wesley
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