Westley
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning from the western meadow.
How Westley has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2016 | #907 |
| 2017 | #846 |
| 2018 | #786 |
| 2019 | #793 |
| 2020 | #751 |
| 2021 | #749 |
| 2022 | #719 |
| 2023 | #680 |
| 2024 | #656 |
| 2025 | #619 |
Westley by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Westley. In the US, 263 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 271 babies in 1988, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Westley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Westlyfrom the western meadow; a form of Wesley13 in the US (2017)
- Westlee7 in the US (2017)
- Westenfrom the western settlement; a modern respelling of Westin77 in the US (2017)
- Wesleewestern meadow; a form of wesley52 in the US (2017)
- Weslywestern meadow; a form of Wesley9 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Westley, 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 Westley
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