Given name & surname
Weston
“from the western town”
Weston is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the western town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the western town.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Weston through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76,027
- 75,907 boys · 120 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 5,490 babies
- 2025
- 5,490
- #55 for boys · #11,867 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +26%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5,482 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 55 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 8 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (469). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 45,042 as a first name in 2020; 24,628 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Weston’s family of names
In English usage, Weston has a diminutive in Wes. Weston has a related form in Westin. Weston has a related form in West.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Westinvariant
- Wesdiminutive · English
- Westenvariant
- Westvariant
- Wesstonlikely variant
- Westanvariant
- Westtonlikely variant
- Westevariant
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People named Weston
- Weston McKennieAmerican soccer player (born 1998)
- Weston A. PriceAmerican dentist (1870–1948)
- Weston La Barreanthropologist (1911–1996)
- Weston E. VivianAmerican politician (1924–2020)
- Weston AdamsBoston Bruins owner (1904–1973)
- Weston RichburgAmerican football player (born 1991)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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