"Wesley" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈwɛsli/, /ˈwɛzli/ Audio: En-ca-Wesley.oga [US]
Rhymes: -ɛsli, -ɛzli Etymology: Several places in England, from Old English west (“west”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to west + -ley (“lea”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|west||west}} Old English west (“west”), {{m|ang|lēah||wood, clearing}} lēah (“wood, clearing”), {{l|en|lea}} lea, {{suf|en|west|-leigh|alt2=-ley|t2=lea}} west + -ley (“lea”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Wesley
  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames, English terms suffixed with -leigh Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -leigh: 13 3 3 5 10 11 5 9 5 5 10 8 6 2 1 4
  2. John Wesley, founder of Methodism. Derived forms: Wesleyan
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name-GLG3BM-e
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 18th century and later usage, today often without any religious connotations. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Related terms (pet form of the given name): Wes
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name-5Qe~oiEs Disambiguation of 'pet form of the given name': 7 1 46 3 6 7 2 5 3 2 6 4 4 1 1 2
  4. A place in the United States:
    A census-designated place in Madison County, Arkansas.     Categories (place): Census-designated places in Arkansas, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in Arkansas, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name-ZEfdPnx2
  5. A place in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Emanuel County, Georgia.     Categories (place): Places in Georgia, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Georgia, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name-2xmOfXjc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 3 3 14 16 3 12 3 3 14 6 8 2 0 5
  6. A place in the United States:
    A township in Will County, Illinois.     Categories (place): Places in Illinois, USA, Places in the United States, Townships
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name-uhfcoqVQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -leigh Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 3 3 14 16 3 12 3 3 14 6 8 2 0 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -leigh: 13 3 3 5 10 11 5 9 5 5 10 8 6 2 1 4
  7. A place in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Montgomery County, Indiana.     Categories (place): Places in Indiana, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Indiana, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name-CWeotC1u
  8. A place in the United States:
    A minor city and township in Kossuth County, Iowa.     Categories (place): Cities in Iowa, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Iowa, USA, Places in the United States, Townships
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name-eWNCJ3~7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 3 3 14 16 3 12 3 3 14 6 8 2 0 5
  9. A place in the United States:
    A town in Washington County, Maine, named after John Wesley.     Categories (place): Places in Maine, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Maine, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name-CqQDYlg~
  10. A place in the United States:
    A township in Washington County, Ohio.     Categories (place): Places in Ohio, USA, Places in the United States, Townships
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name-C~XaYMQ1
  11. A place in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Atoka County, Oklahoma.     Categories (place): Places in Oklahoma, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name-T9xkscHx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 3 3 14 16 3 12 3 3 14 6 8 2 0 5
  12. A place in the United States:
    A former community in Wood County, West Virginia.     Categories (place): Historical settlements, Places in West Virginia, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name-hanqr9cE
  13. A hamlet in Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada. Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Ontario, Villages in Canada, Villages in Ontario
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name-SFerWoRW
  14. A village in north-east Dominica. Categories (place): Places in Dominica, Villages in Dominica
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name--d2dheIW
  15. A southern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. Categories (place): Places in New Zealand, Suburbs in New Zealand
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name-fm-QQmJg
  16. A town in Eastern Cape province, South Africa. Categories (place): Places in South Africa, Towns in South Africa
    Sense id: en-Wesley-en-name-dNGDYblY

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.