Weston, a surname-turned-given-name, was originally used as a place name derived from the Old English elements west, meaning "west," and tun, meaning "town" or "settlement." Together, Weston translates to "western town" or "settlement in the west." It started gaining popularity as a given name in the U.S. in the 1980s before cracking the Social Security Administration's top-200 for the first time in 2012. Weston has now been a top-100 boy's name every year since 2021 and is only growing more popular by the year. "The Office" star Jenna Fischer welcomed a son named Weston Lee in 2011, while former "The Bachelor" contestant Lauren Bushnell Lane used it as a middle name for her son Blake Weston before changing it to Blake West.
