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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Westerly direction

Boy name variations

West

West

+ 44% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Weston

Weston

+ 8% this year
Masculine
Common
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Westbrook

Westbrook

- 38% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Westby

Westby

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Westleigh

Westleigh

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Devon) : habitational name from any of various minor places named with Old English west ‘west’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘shelter’, for example Westcott in Surrey, Westcot in Berkshire, or Westcote in Gloucestershire, Hampshire, and Warwickshire.

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