Wesley
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Wesley Origin and Meaning
The name Wesley is a girl's name meaning "western meadow".
Wesley, the long-standing classic boy name that has never dipped below the Top 200, is popular again — this time for boys and girls. The shared sounds with Leslie — which was once a masculine name itself — give Wesley real potential on baby girls. Some parents have feminized the name, leading to variations such as Weslie, Wesleigh, and Weslee, one notable example being Weslie Renae, daughter of dancers Allison Holker and Stephen "tWitch" Boss.
The proportion of girls named Wesley remains small however, with just over 100 girls given the name each year, meaning Wesley doesn't come close to meeting our criteria for (statistically) unisex names - yet.
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