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Meaning of the nameUeslei

Ueslei is a spelling of the name Wesley, which means “meadow in the west”.

Meaning

“meadow in the west”

Meaning of the name Wesley, of which Ueslei is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Wesley (English) · Behind the Name: Wesley

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People (2022)
4,132
Rank in Brazil
#3,130
Median age
26 years
2010 Census
7,659
people

Ueslei in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ueslei, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (1,482 people).

29 women 4,103 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Ueslei is most common

States with the highest share of people named Ueslei in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Bahia 0.011%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
  3. Goiás 0.003%
  4. Mato Grosso 0.003%
  5. Santa Catarina 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia1,5820.011%
São Paulo4620.001%
Rio Grande do Sul3360.003%
Minas Gerais3240.002%
Paraná2220.002%
Rio de Janeiro2090.001%
Goiás1970.003%
Santa Catarina1900.003%
Mato Grosso1020.003%
Rondônia790.005%
Espírito Santo690.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul490.002%
Distrito Federal480.002%
Ceará430.001%
Pará420.001%
Pernambuco300.000%
Acre300.004%
Sergipe210.001%
Maranhão190.000%
Piauí160.001%
Tocantins160.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Ueslei

Replaces the initial W with U and adopts the ending -ei; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil has its own entry for Ueslei.

About the name Wesley

Wesley comes from an English surname taken from place names, formed from the Old English west, 'west', and lēah, 'woodland, clearing'. Behind the Name sums up the place name as 'meadow in the west'. Portuguese took it from English without adaptation, and Wiktionary also records the adapted form Uéslei. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 207,677 people named Wesley, with more records among people born in the 1990s. Weslei, Weslley, Ueslei, Uesley, Wesllei and Wueslei are spellings of the same name, adapted to Brazilian pronunciation.

Other spellings of Wesley

SpellingPeople (2022)
Wesley207,677
Weslei32,959
Weslley16,097
Ueslei4,132
Uesley1,388
Wesllei789
Wueslei379

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Wesley · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Wesley (English) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Wesley · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ueslei · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Ueslei

What does the name Ueslei mean?

Ueslei means “meadow in the west”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Wesley, of which Ueslei is a spelling.

How many people are named Ueslei in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,132 people with the first name Ueslei, which ranks it number 3,130 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Ueslei a boy's or a girl's name?

Ueslei is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 29 women and 4,103 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ueslei?

Ueslei is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ueslei most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.011% of the state's population is named Ueslei (1,582 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ueslei?

Wesley, Weslei, Weslley, Uesley, Wesllei and Wueslei. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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