Westly
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning from the western meadow; a form of Wesley.
Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Westly by the numbers
Westly was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 1980, making it a 1980s name.
Other names that come from Wesley
Like Westly, each of these traces back to Wesley: a form of it, a name built from it, or 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 Westly. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Westleyfrom the western meadow263 in the US (2017)
- Weslywestern meadow; a form of Wesley9 in the US (2017)
- Westonwestern town3,647 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Westinfrom the western settlement263 in the US (2017)
- Westynfrom the western settlement; a modern respelling of Westin174 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Westly, 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 Westly
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