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Meaning of the nameWeslei

Weslei 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 Weslei is a spelling.

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

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People (2022)
32,959
Rank in Brazil
#768
Median age
23 years
2010 Census
71,075
people

Weslei in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Weslei, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (10,560 people).

217 women 32,742 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 Weslei is most common

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

  1. Rondônia 0.036%
  2. Mato Grosso 0.028%
  3. Goiás 0.027%
  4. Paraná 0.026%
  5. Bahia 0.024%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo6,7030.015%
Minas Gerais3,7560.018%
Bahia3,4450.024%
Paraná2,9570.026%
Rio Grande do Sul2,2390.021%
Goiás1,9220.027%
Santa Catarina1,6180.021%
Rio de Janeiro1,5330.010%
Pará1,3390.017%
Mato Grosso1,0290.028%
Pernambuco7620.008%
Espírito Santo7600.020%
Mato Grosso do Sul6740.024%
Ceará6610.008%
Maranhão6110.009%
Rondônia5710.036%
Distrito Federal3620.013%
Piauí2840.009%
Amazonas2810.007%
Alagoas2540.008%
Sergipe2320.011%
Paraíba2210.006%
Tocantins2200.015%
Rio Grande do Norte2020.006%
Acre1440.017%
Amapá980.013%
Roraima810.013%

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

The spelling Weslei

Replaces the final -ey with -ei, as it is written in Portuguese; Behind the Name lists it as a Brazilian form.

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 Weslei

What does the name Weslei mean?

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

How many people are named Weslei in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 32,959 people with the first name Weslei, which ranks it number 768 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Weslei is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 217 women and 32,742 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Weslei?

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

In which Brazilian state is Weslei most common?

Proportionally, in Rondônia: 0.036% of the state's population is named Weslei (571 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Weslei?

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

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