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Name Wesley

Meaning:

west meadow, west clearing

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Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
Short forms:	Wes
US 2021 rank:	#84 ... 82:Everett, 83:Greyson, 84:Wesley, 85:Jeremiah, 86:Hunter ... Full US 2021 list
Similarly written:	Lesley, Lesley, Westley, Ansley, Bexley, Ensley, Eslem, Henley, Keeley, Kelley Details

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About Wesley, the group of names with the same origin as Wesley

Meaning/translation:	west meadow, west clearing
Language of origin:	Old English
Info about origin:	from a family name which derives from a place name with the meaning west meadow or west clearing
Words:	west = the west Old English
	leah = the wood (in the sense of forest), the clearing (open place within a wood), the meadow Old English
Topics:	Family name, Geographic name
Variants' top ranks:	59:Wesley Canada 2022, 719:Westley USA 2022, 796:Wes USA 2022
Name variants:	Uesli, Wes, Wesley, Westley Sortable list Details

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Series	Graph	Rankings
Canada	Graph	2022 59, 2021 66
Canada/British Columbia	Graph	2022 60, 2021 66, 2020 68, 2019 86, 2018 67, 2017 87, 2016 83
France		2002 306
Netherlands		2010 86
USA decades	Graph	2010-2019 124, 2000-2009 184, 1990-1999 126, 1980-1989 101, 1970-1979 121, 1960-1969 162
USA yearly	Graph	2022 70, 2021 84, 2020 98, 2019 99, 2018 105, 2017 111, 2016 117, 2015 126, 2014 130, 2013 139, 2012 155, 2011 155, 2010 159, 2009 176, 2008 193, 2007 195, 2006 190, 2005 189, 2004 184, 2003 184, 2002 183, 2001 184, 2000 171, 1999 168, 1998 152, 1997 144, 1996 137, 1995 129, 1994 118, 1993 113

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