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Wes - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Wes
 
 

 



[ 1 syll. wes, we-s ] The boy name Wes is pronounced WEHS KEY. Wes' language of origin is Old English and it is used largely in the English language. Wes is a short form of the English Wesley.

Wes is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked in 1963 with 0.008% of baby boys being given the name Wes. It ranked at #625 then. The baby name has since experienced a drop in frequency, and is used only on a very modest scale now. In 2007, among the group of boy names directly linked to Wes, the English Wesley was the most regularly used.

A baby name that sounds like Wes is the Polish Waclaw.

KEY: Pronunciation for Wes: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


A famous person named Wes is Filmmaker, Wes Anderson, born 1 May 1969, Houston, Texas.

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