Wes
WEHZ; WEHS
Short form of Wesley, English
"West"
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Wes Origin and Meaning
The name Wes is a boy's name meaning "West".
Short and cool with rugged charm, Wes is a rising star in the US, climbing the charts along side Wesley and Weston and joining other one syllable options such as Mack, Jett, Tate, and Brooks. Filmmakers Wes Anderson and Wes Craven lend the name a stylish and creative air, but it also has Old Western undertones thanks to its literal meaning, "west".
Used quietly since the 1880s at least, Wes had a spike of popularity in the mid-20th-century, perhaps owing to jazz musician, Wes Montgomery. By the 70s, it was out of style, but the 2010s saw a revival of Wes, and over the last decade, it has almost tripled in use.
Given to around 310 boys in the US in 2023, it is also in the Top 500 in the Netherlands.
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# 798 in the US
Wes Rank in US Top 1000
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Famous People Named Wes
- Wesley Wales "Wes" AndersonAmerican film director
- Wesley Earl "Wes" CravenAmerican film director
- Wesley "Wes" StudiAmerican actor
- Wesley Carter "Wes" WelkerAmerican NFL football player
- John Wesley "Wes" ChathamAmerican actor
- Wesley Cook "Wes" BentleyAmerican actor
- Westley Sissel "Wes" UnseldAmerican basketball player
- Wes JohnsonAmerican YouTuber and member of Smosh Games
The name Wes in Pop Culture
- Wes Gibbinscharacter from TV's "How to Get Away with Murder"
- Wescharacter on TV's "Glee"
- Wescharacter on TV's "Recovery Road"
- Wescharacter in the mobile game "High School Story"
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