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The boy's name Wesley \

is pronounced WEZ-lee, WES-lee. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "western meadow". Place name; variant of the English surname Westley. Used in honor of brothers John and Charles Wesley, 18th-century founders of Methodism, a Protestant Christian denomination. Actors Wesley Snipes, Wes Bentley.

Wesley has 5 variant forms: Wes, Wesly, Wessley, Westleigh and Westley.

Baby names that sound like Wesley are Asael, Asiel, Wassily, Vasily and Vasile.

Wesley is a very common first name for men (#171 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#1476 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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