Baby name

STABLE BOY · OLD ENGLISH
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Wesley

/WEZ · lee/


“Western meadow or western clearing”

From Old English, a place name meaning 'western meadow' or 'western clearing'.

wes

gentle

How it ages.

Warm and slightly preppy; associated with Methodist founder John Wesley, which adds scholarly gravitas.

The cultural moment.

Consistent in the US and UK; never fashionable but never uncool either.