Baby Name Poll Results

What about Weslyn? A little more feminine.

Weslyn Kate/Weslyn Rose

Don’t do it. If you must, use it as a middle name. That still honors your friend without subjecting your daughter to a lifetime of weird looks and people looking down on her name.

Don’t name your daughter Wesley... that is ALL boy. I think Weslyn could work but I would personally just use it as a middle or save it for a son.

I am all for honoring someone but not at the expense of your child. Is it really an honor if your child hates her name? Use it as a middle name but not a first name. And this is from someone who likes unsex/masculine names on girls.

This sounds fake, there’s never an excuse to give a girl a man’s name.

My boss is actually a female Wesley and we’re personal friends. I like it on her, a lot. I adore the nickname Wes for a boy/man. She doesn’t go by anything other than Wesley but she does have a "family" nickname that doesn’t have anything to do with her first name at all.

I don’t think she’d get any weird looks or people looking down on her name. Who does that? That’d be absolutely ridiculous. Like you’ve forgotten that there’s a PERSON behind the name.

In 2011, 33 girls were named Wesley and who knows how many Wesleighs etc.

If you think this would give your family closure, I say go for it. HOWEVER, I would speak to Wesley’s parents/family about it first.

What about Whitley or maybe Essie?

I wouldn’t name her Wesley. But I think it’s sweet to name her after him. What about using a W first name and a middle name ending in -sley so you would still be incorporating his name.
Winter Ainsley
Wren Paisley
Willabelle Tinsley

I think naming your children after special people is incredibly sweet, but I really don’t think Wesley can work on a girl. It’s much too masculine. Maybe:

Wesla
Whitney
Wisteria
Meadow (since Wesley means "Western Meadow")

Hope you find a great name for her! :-)

~God bless!

A middle name is still a way to honor him without your daughter having to live with a boys name the rest of her life.

I don’t see how Wesley is any different from other names that sound just the same. It’s a softer, traditionally male name that would appeal to people looking for something different but not widely out-there.

It’s the same as Whitney, Kelsey, Leslie, Ashley, etc. All soft, traditionally male names that people began using for girls, as well as boys. There’s nothing wrong with that.

I think it’s fine. If it’s good enough for a man, it’s good enough for a woman.

"I don’t think she’d get any weird looks or people looking down on her name. Who does that?"

No one to her face. Just behind her back.

Perhaps, instead of telling people that their kid will no-doubt get bullied for her name, we should start teaching our children not to be [removed]s to other people.

No, Wesley is MUCH too masculine. I know you wanna honor someone special, but this is just way too much for the poor girl, who will, after all, be the one to bear the boy’s name. Do you know Wesley’s middle name? Perhaps it’d be easier to derive a feminine version of that. Just...don’t use Wesley. Not a girl’s name at all. The thought’s nice, though!

A girl Wesley isn’t the problem. It’s kids who are taught by you guys, apparently.

Wilhelmina???

Too boyish sorry!!!

Wesleigh? Looks more feminine than Wesley.