Baby name

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Weston

/WES · ton/


“Western settlement”

English place-name surname meaning 'western settlement'; gained traction as a given name in the US in the 1990s-2000s, fitting the surname-as-first-name trend.

wes

gentle

How it ages.

Feels contemporary but may date to the early-2000s surname-name trend.

The cultural moment.

Rose in the US during the 1990s and 2000s; currently in the top 200.