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Wesley's kinda nice. Not a fan of Westley though... I'd prn them differently. Wesley doesn't seem all that common. It's around, but not overused... may be regional though. Could use Wesley w/ nn West since nns don't have to be exactly like the names... If people can ad y or ie to shortened versions of names to form a nn, there's no reason a t couldn't be added instead. Westley just doesn't look or feel right though.

I like Wes, West, Wesley, and Westley. I pronounce Wesley and Westley a bit different. I think I like Westley a bit more. I have a baby cousin named Knox Wesley, his uncle is David Wesley and his grandfather is Walter Wesley and his uncle was Wesley but that's a bit different because it was one Wesley and then a lot of generations using it as a middle name. I only actually have met one person whose first name is Wesley and I know there is a teacher at my school named Wesley but I don't know him.

I associate Westley very strongly with The Princess Bride, but I love that movie, so I can't say that really bothers me. It's not bad. I don't love it, but there are far worse names out there. Westley, nn West, is fine. Of course, I think Wesley, nn West, would be fine too.

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Do you pronounce Wesley and Westley the same?
No. I definitely pronounce that T in Westley.

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Wesley or Westley?
Wesley.

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Would you say Wesley is common? I've only met one but according to statistics it's used quite a bit.
I've only met one, too. It doesn't seem popular to me.

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West or Westley?
West.

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West or Wesley?
Wesley.

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The more I type it, the more awkward Westley looks.

I have a 30-something cousin named Wesley. And I've met a 60-something man named Wesley. Both go by Wes. So, I'd say it's not too common at all.

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I pronounce Wesley and Westley a little differenly. Basically, Westley makes me feel silly when Isay it because I kind of over-enunciate the t. Weird. And a little pretentious.

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I don't particularly like either name. But West is really nice! I'd consider Weston nickname West. Eh? eh?

The only time I encountered Westley was in a book about the serial child-killer Westley Dodd. Not a good association at all, but maybe a lot of people don't know about him?

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I think I know one Wesley, or at least a Wes. He's probably fifty. For all I know Wesley isn't his name.

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Ha, just remembered: a few years ago our local TV station had this goofy weather guy who was always talking about "westly winds" because he couldn't or wouldn't pronounce westerly right.

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I'd just go with Wesley. Westley, I think, would sound the same, and West as a first name is tryndee and dumb.

...and Princess Buttercup.

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This name will *always* make me think of "The Princess Bride". That's not necessarily bad , but there ya go.

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I don't like the NN West. I sort of pronounce Wesley and Westley the same, but I put a bit of the "T" in Westley, even if you can't really hear it. I don't prefer one over the other, and I think Wesley is more common than Westley.

I only know of one Wesley/Westley myself, so I wouldn't say that it's common.

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I prefer Westley, because I like the tiny bit of 't' that comes out when I say it. (So, therefore, yes, I say them differently, but only slightly so.)

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I like the nickname West, too. I would choose Westley, nn West. Good idea! It's nice to have a nickname and a first name that you love.

I love Westley for a boy, there's a character Westeley in the film and book The Princess Bridew, he's very likeable. I think West would be a brilliant nickname as well.

Westley would have a little bit of annunciation behind the t, but I like the sound of that better than Wesley. So I'd pick Westley, and West is a really cute nickname!

I really like Wesley, but I don't like Westley or West. Sticking that T in there sure makes a difference--Westley just seems dumb and pretentious.

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I don't pronounce Wesley and Westley the same....Wesley has no T sound in the middle and Westley does.

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I've only known one Wesley, my daughter's fiance, but the only way to really tell is the popularity charts.

Well, I do really like The Princess Bride, so that gets Westley a bonus point. However, I don't like either Wesley or Westley. I try to stick the t in there for Westley when I say it. It's hard, it's against my accent. :P I like Wes better than West. Wes has a down-home country sort of feel and West has a pretentious feel. I've only ever met on Wesley, went to school with him, but I've seen others of various ages around.