Infographic of Westley name meaning, which is “(The resident of) the west meadow,” based on the Middle English west (west) and ley (meadow). Also spelled Wesley.
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Westley Name Popularity

How popular is the name Westley? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 0 0%
1911 — 0 0%
1912 — 0 0%
1913 — 0 0%
1914 — 0 0%
1915 — 0 0%
1916 — 0 0%
1917 — 0 0%
1918 — 0 0%
1919 1,466 5 0.0005%
1920 — 0 0%
1921 — 0 0%
1922 — 0 0%
1923 — 0 0%
1924 — 0 0%
1925 — 0 0%
1926 1,413 6 0.0005%
1927 — 0 0%
1928 — 0 0%
1929 — 0 0%
1930 — 0 0%
1931 — 0 0%
1932 — 0 0%
1933 — 0 0%
1934 — 0 0%
1935 — 0 0%
1936 — 0 0%
1937 — 0 0%
1938 — 0 0%
1939 — 0 0%
1940 — 0 0%
1941 1,335 5 0.0004%
1942 — 0 0%
1943 — 0 0%
1944 — 0 0%
1945 — 0 0%
1946 — 0 0%
1947 1,529 5 0.0003%
1948 1,525 5 0.0003%
1949 — 0 0%
1950 — 0 0%
1951 — 0 0%
1952 — 0 0%
1953 — 0 0%
1954 — 0 0%
1955 1,324 8 0.0004%
1956 — 0 0%
1957 1,547 5 0.0003%
1958 — 0 0%
1959 — 0 0%
1960 — 0 0%
1961 — 0 0%
1962 1,513 5 0.0003%
1963 1,475 5 0.0003%
1964 1,609 5 0.0003%
1965 1,256 10 0.0006%
1966 1,434 5 0.0003%
1967 — 0 0%
1968 1,344 8 0.0005%
1969 1,130 16 0.001%
1970 1,198 17 0.0011%
1971 1,137 20 0.0013%
1972 1,375 10 0.0007%
1973 1,122 18 0.0014%
1974 1,405 10 0.0008%
1975 1,396 11 0.0009%
1976 1,547 8 0.0006%
1977 836 60 0.0045%
1978 868 54 0.004%
1979 1,390 15 0.0011%
1980 1,052 34 0.0023%
1981 987 41 0.0028%
1982 1,164 26 0.0017%
1983 1,075 33 0.0022%
1984 1,065 32 0.0022%
1985 995 44 0.0029%
1986 735 101 0.0067%
1987 640 155 0.0102%
1988 565 219 0.0141%
1989 650 182 0.0113%
1990 744 138 0.0083%
1991 831 104 0.0064%
1992 874 95 0.006%
1993 1,021 68 0.0044%
1994 1,039 67 0.0044%
1995 1,335 35 0.0023%
1996 1,684 19 0.0013%
1997 1,289 43 0.0029%
1998 1,319 42 0.0028%
1999 1,512 31 0.0021%
2000 1,855 18 0.0012%
2001 1,859 19 0.0013%
2002 1,420 42 0.0028%
2003 1,918 18 0.0012%
2004 2,203 12 0.0008%
2005 1,667 32 0.0021%
2006 1,778 30 0.0019%
2007 1,836 27 0.0017%
2008 1,530 48 0.0031%
2009 1,452 57 0.0038%
2010 1,362 65 0.0045%
2011 1,449 52 0.0036%
2012 1,149 94 0.0066%
2013 1,038 119 0.0084%
2014 1,124 102 0.007%
2015 988 141 0.0097%
2016 887 181 0.0126%
2017 828 202 0.0145%
2018 748 247 0.018%
2019 756 238 0.0176%
2020 770 255 0.02%
2021 745 295 0.0241%
2022 704 330 0.025%

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Names Like Westley

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What names sound like Westley?

If you like how Westley sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Westley.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Westleigh

Western meadow

English

Whistler

Whistler or piper

English

What names are similar to Westley?

Find a name that’s like Westley, but just a little bit different.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Wessley

Western meadow

English

Westbey

Western farmstead

English

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Siblings of Westley

Mamas with kids named Westley also have kids with these names.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Valerie

Strength and vigor

French

Mari

Sea of bitterness

Welsh

4 Comments

  1. Love the name from the princess bride movie and its not super common.

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  2. My little guy is named Westley, inadvertently I ended up with 3 kiddos with names ending in -ly, -lie, -ley…my oldest is named Kimberly than my middle daughter was named Natalie so when trying to determine a name for this little guy I decided to end it in -ley because I’d feel awkward with one child with an odd out name if it didn’t end the same, so I tried long and hard of a boys name that ended the way I desired and still had some kind of meaning for me so I decided to name him after my uncle Westley?.

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  3. All of our kids have unique names we got from books or a movie. Westley’s name came from Princess Bride. His is the least unique comparatively, but spell check still says his name is misspelled having the “t” in there. We wanted our kids to have different names, not generic ones that many others have.

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  4. We selected this name after a character from one of our favorite movies, The Princess Bride. We wanted a unique name that was more than one syllable as our last name is only one. I also like the spelling as it sets it apart a little more.

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