Wes - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Wes \wes\ is a variant of Wesley (Old English), and the meaning of Wes is "western meadow".

The baby name Wes sounds like Jess, Ace, Acey, Acee, Aias, Asa, Ase, Isa, Issy, Jase, Jesse, Jessy, Joss, Joos, Osei, Oz and Vaso. Other similar baby names are Des, Les, Web and West.

Wes is a somewhat common first name for men (#1147 out of 1220) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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