Meaning of the nameWesli
- Male
- Wes-li
Wesli is a spelling of the name Wesly.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 537 people named Wesli, the 12,728th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 22, and the largest group was born in the 2000s.
Meaning
The meaning of Wesli is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 537
- Rank in Brazil
- #12,728
- Median age
- 22 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,091
- people
Wesli in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Wesli, 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 (190 people).
0 women 527 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.
The spelling Wesli
It ends in -li in place of the -ey of Wesley; it is the least common in the group, with births between the 1980s and the 2010s.
About the name Wesly
Wesley, an English name that Wiktionary also records in Portuguese as an unadapted loanword (with the adapted spelling Uéslei), comes from a surname of toponymic origin formed from west and lēah, 'woodland, clearing'; Behind the Name translates it as 'western meadow' and cites Weslei as a Brazilian variant. The origin of the spellings Wesly, Wesli and Weslly is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,066 people named Wesly, 1,214 named Weslly and 537 named Wesli.
Other spellings of Wesly
Sources
- Wiktionary: Wesley · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Wesley · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Weslei · behindthename.com · spelling
Questions about the name Wesli
What does the name Wesli mean?
The meaning of Wesli is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Wesli in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 537 people with the first name Wesli, which ranks it number 12,728 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Wesli a boy's or a girl's name?
Wesli is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 527 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
What are the other spellings of Wesli?
Wesly and Weslly. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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