Weston

Where Weston comes from

Weston hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1870
    Weston Price born
    American dentist
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #754 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1998
    Weston McKennie born
    American soccer player
  4. 2025
    Peak, #55
    5,482 babies named Weston — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Weston McKennie · American soccer player, born 1998
  • Weston Price · American dentist, 1870–1948
  • Weston La Barre · anthropologist, 1911–1996
  • Weston E. Vivian · American politician, 1924–2020
  • Weston Adams · Boston Bruins owner, 1904–1973

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.