Weston is a boy's name of English origin meaning “western settlement.” In 2024 it was given to 4,660 boys in the United States.
Weston at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
English & American
Meaning
“western settlement”
Pronunciation
/ˈwɛstən/
About the name Weston
Weston belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “western settlement” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Weston first appears in Social Security records in 1882. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #70 in 2024, and in 2024 4,660 babies received the name — 70,403 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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