as a Last Name
- 19,242
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Wesley
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from any of various places named with the Old English elements west ‘west’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’, as for example Westley in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, and Westleigh in Devon and Greater Manchester.
| 1,606th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 19,242
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Wesley per capita
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