Westen Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Records tie Westen closely to Weston. The family name meaning is “West farmstead”, the same as for Weston.

Heraldry and the Westen name

Arms linked to Weston and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

How the spelling arose

Westen is listed among the recognised spellings of Weston. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Westen ranked 58,042 in the 2010 US Census, with 350 people answering to the name. It sits within the 100,000 most common last names in the country. For the full story, order the Westen surname pack.