Westin
Meaning
variant of Weston, from Old English west and tun, 'enclosure, yard, town'
The story
Westin is carried in Behind the Name's community database as a variant of Weston, and Weston comes from an English surname built on a place name: Old English west plus tun, "enclosure, yard, town". The i-spelling keeps its own American line, and it has climbed in every completed decade since it entered the record: about 210 boys in the 1980s, about 600 in the 1990s, about 1,280 in the 2000s, about 2,900 in the 2010s, and about 2,430 so far this decade. The o-spelling runs its own, larger page in the same ledger. A compass point and a farmyard put together in Old English, a single vowel doing the differentiating, and forty years of recorded growth entered under the letter i.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Westin peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
When you meet Westin
Most people given the name Westin in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Westin deep dive
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