Weslyn
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning west meadow; compound of west and lēah.
Babies a year
80
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Weslyn by the numbers
Weslyn was given to 80 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Weslyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Westlynwest meadow; a feminine form of West or respelling of Weslyn119 in the US (2017)
- Weslynn62 in the US (2017)
- Weylyn25 in the US (2017)
- Westlynnwest meadow; a modern respelling of Weslyn56 in the US (2017)
- Wesleewestern meadow; a form of wesley52 in the US (2017)
- Wesliewest meadow; a form of Wesley18 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Weslyn, 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)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Everlywild boar meadow; form of Everley3,510 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Weslyn
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