Westley Forename

97,001st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 4,935 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Westley Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller by the] west lea. (Anglo­saxon) Of the west meadow.

Westley Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
3,3411:108,5124,684
England
98%
 
6931:80,2353,256
South Africa
99%
 
3831:142,38310,218
Canada
100%
861:385,27211,152
Philippines
100%
601:1,766,82540,630
Jamaica-511:56,5343,050
Papua New Guinea
97%
 
491:166,37414,464
Brazil
100%
391:5,493,23583,314
Nigeria
100%
361:4,932,34372,844
Wales
100%
211:147,3483,021
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
151:90,7616,535
Scotland
100%
121:445,8645,809
Malaysia
100%
121:2,537,49569,200
Australia-111:1,241,60213,569
Indonesia-101:25,796,367599,978
Taiwan-91:2,641,07657,947
Netherlands
100%
81:2,112,76026,769
Thailand
100%
81:8,758,227128,595
India
100%
71:173,553,9961,904,752
Kenya
100%
61:7,717,85232,954
Guyana-61:127,2108,948
Israel
 
89%
61:1,400,48616,782
France
100%
51:13,294,06836,843
Nicaragua
100%
51:1,203,66714,616
Hong Kong-41:1,938,1818,439
Germany
100%
41:24,169,46959,466
DR Congo
100%
41:18,456,90195,891
Mauritius-41:324,4465,754
Peru
100%
41:7,947,86448,688
Italy
100%
31:20,354,03045,650
Singapore-31:2,095,68522,815
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Venezuela
100%
21:15,100,946147,145
Belgium
100%
21:5,745,02030,381
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Chad-11:13,598,39815,363
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Northern Ireland
100%
11:1,843,1463,737

Westley (6,455) may also be a surname.

Westley Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller by the] west lea. (Anglo­saxon) Of the west meadow.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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