Westley: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “western meadow”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- WEST-lee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys
Variant of Wesley, an English surname from Old English west and leah 'woodland clearing, meadow'. Westley also appears as an independent surname and given-name spelling.
How popular is Westley?
Babies named Westley in 2024424
2024 rank#655 boys
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 18809,720
Westley is rising: use over the last five years is 2.9× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Westley
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Westley questions
What does the name Westley mean?
Westley means "western meadow". It comes from English. Variant of Wesley, an English surname from Old English west and leah 'woodland clearing, meadow'. Westley also appears as an independent surname and given-name spelling.
Is Westley a boy or girl name?
Westley is mainly a boy's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Westley?
424 US babies were named Westley in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Westley?
Westley is usually pronounced WEST-lee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.