Thoughts on Wesley (wes)

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I've only just found out I'm pregnant with baby number 3, we have two boys and I'm assuming the 3rd will also be a boy.
I've always liked the name Wesley nn Wes but I can see from old threads some people think it would be cruel, is it really that bad? We live in New Zealand where the names not common but not unusual.

Thanks 😊

i love it

Sounds very 70s to me, common when I was in primary school many moons ago so it's a no from me.

Yeah it’s cool, I like it!

I absolutely love it. If it went better with our surname it would be in contention for the baby I’m currently pregnant with!

I like Wesley, but like names that are more continental European more. Like August or Roland.

No, boring sort of name.

Don’t like it, sorry. Feels very dated.

I like it.

I know one Wesley. 50 odd year old man

I think it awful - one of worst names for a boy I’ve heard over the years. Sorry OP.

I know a little Wes, he's about six. I think it's great, different without being too out there, classic without being boring.

I think Methodism and the Princess Bride (although that’s Westley)

Angel!

I quite like it!

I like Wesley!

Congratulations, OP! Are you planning on using the English (Wez-Lee) or American (Wess -Lee) pronunciation?

In my head it’s too close to weasel. It’s a hideous name.

Knowing three with that name one born in the 80s, one in the 90s and the final born in the 2010s

Personally I'm not keen, I feel like it's an old man name

Not an ugly name, but people might assume a religious connection - would you be OK with that?

I think it’s more popular / less dated in the US than the UK - so maybe it’s got cooler connotations in New Zealand too? Objectively it sounds good, just dated to me in the UK.

I like it with a T, like the Dread Pirate Westley. I never could resist a man who says As You Wish.

You know that having 2 boys doesn’t mean this one will be, right? It’s like a coin toss, it has no memory of what went before, it’s still 50:50.

It's a perfectly useable name but I don't think likely to be a universal crowd pleaser so if you like it, just go for it. Sorry but personally can't see the appeal in it.

I wouldn't feel this way about say, Calvin/ Reformation, maybe because it's more used but I would think 'Methodism'.

Utterly awful, IMO. But it’s your baby and so yours is the only opinion that matters 😊

Yes, I like Wesley
I have 3 boys, so it's likely a boy!