Wesson

Where Wesson comes from

A patronymic surname from Wes + -son, literally son of Wes, the latter a diminutive of the male given name Wesley.
— Wiktionary's entry for Wesson
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 2004
    First appearance
    #11,356 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2021
    Peak, #800
    306 babies named Wesson — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

No widely known Wesson turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.