Wellesley - Meaning of Wellesley

What does Wellesley mean?

[ 2 syll. wel-le-sley, we-llesl-ey ] The baby boy name Wellesley is pronounced WEHL-ZLiy- †. Wellesley's language of origin is English and it is also predominantly used in English. The meaning of Wellesley is 'welles' woods'.

Variants of the name include the familiar form Wella and the English shortening Welles.

See also the related categories, woods and english.

Wellesley is not popular as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

† Pronunciation for Wellesley: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"



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