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Weslei

/WES · lay/


“West meadow”

Brazilian Portuguese phonetic spelling of Wesley, from an English surname meaning 'west meadow'; strongly associated with the Methodist founders John and Charles Wesley.

wes · wesley

gentle

How it ages.

Brazilian variant of a name with strong Methodist religious associations in Brazil.

The cultural moment.

Common in Protestant Christian communities in Brazil from the 1970s onward.