Wesleys
Part of speech: noun
Definitions
- Several people who bear the first name Wesley, a name of English origin
- More than one person called Wesley, the given name taken from an English surname
- Multiple individuals sharing the forename Wesley, often spelled with the same letters
Etymology: "Wesleys" is the plural of "Wesley," a surname and given name whose origin lies in English place names. The base is Old English "west," meaning west, joined to "lēah," meaning wood or clearing. Several places in England bear this name, so the surname likely took its origin from one of them, with the Old English elements describing a wood or clearing lying to the west of some settlement or landmark.