Forename Wes

Across the world, Wes (Wes , ويس , Viss ) is a common male first name. The forename Wes is characteristic of Barbados, where it is quite a rare male name, Canada, and the United States. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Very seldom, Wes is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Wes

name 威斯, name وس, name Wessem, name Ｗes, name ווס, name Wëš, name Wés, name Wes, name ويس, name Viss, name Wès, name เวสประศาสตร์, name Wê, name เวส, name Ｗê, name 韦斯, name Wês, name เวศ, name Hwes, name Wess, name Wës, name West, name Węs, name Вес

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Wes	Australia, Canada, United States, Indonesia, Nigeria
ويس	Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, Sudan, Syria
Viss	France, United States, Netherlands, Indonesia, Malaysia
韦斯	China

First names said to be same

Hwes, Wess, Wessem, West, Wès, Wés, Wê, Wês, Wës, Wëš, Węs, Вес, ווס, وس, เวศ, เวส, เวสประศาสตร์, 威斯, Ｗes, and Ｗê

First name Wes in the context

Wes is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Wes Gibbins , character in How to Get Away with Murder; Wes Wrench , character in Fargo; Wes Kennedy , the character from Heart of the City; Wes Evans , the fictional character from Soul Eater and Wes , the character from 2010 film 'My Babysitter's a Vampire', among other works.

Notable namesakes

	wes fisler professional baseball player (1841-1922), US (b. 1841)
	wes curry Major League Baseball player, Umpire, US (b. 1860)
	wes kingdon Major League Baseball player (1900-1975), US (b. 1900)
	wes schulmerich American baseball player (1901-1985), US (b. 1901)
	wes blogg American baseball player, US (b. 1855)
	wes fesler American football player and coach (1908-1989), US (b. 1908)
	wes ferrell baseball player, US (b. 1908)
	wes westrum American baseball player and coach, US (b. 1922)
	wes montgomery American jazz musician, US (b. 1923)
	wes santee American distance runner, US (b. 1932)
	wes cooley American politician (1932-2015), US (b. 1932)
	wes covington Major League Baseball player (1932-2011), US (b. 1932)
	wes whitead American politician, US (b. 1933)
	wes stock American baseball player, US (b. 1934)
	wes jackson American botanist, US (b. 1936)