West - name meaning, origin

The boy's name West \we-st\ is a variant of Westbrook (Old English), and the meaning of West is "western stream".

The baby name West sounds like Just, Faust, Justo, Juste and Joost. Other similar baby names are Wes, Witt, Sesto, Wat, Walt, Watt, Wesly, Westby, Wescot, Weston, Westin and Westen.

West is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#109 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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