Weston - Meaning of Weston

What does Weston mean?

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[ 1 syll. wes-ton, we-st-on ] The baby boy name Weston is pronounced W-S-TahN †. Weston is of Old English origin and it is used mainly in English. Weston's meaning is 'west town'. It is from west ; tun meaning 'town, settlement, homestead'. The first name is derived from a family name which is itself from a place name.

Variation transcriptions of Weston include Wesson (English), West (English), Westan, Weste, Westun, Westy, and Westyn.

The spelling variants Westen (English) and Westin (English) are other forms of the name.

See also the related categories, english, town (village), and homestead (land).

Weston is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1970s. At the recent height of its usage in 2018, 0.195% of baby boys were named Weston. It ranked at #102 then. Within all boy names in its group, Weston was the most popular in 2018. 14 times more boys were named Weston than the next most popular name, Westin, in that year.

Baby names that sound like Weston include Westan, Westin, Westyn, Wistan, and Wystan.

† Pronunciation for Weston: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"