Baby name
RISING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Weston
/WES · ton/
Meaning
“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.
Nicknames
wes
Vibe
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.