Meaning & Origin
A surname.
Wesson is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old English origin, a surname from a place name meaning "western settlement" or "west town," from the Old English west and tun. It is also associated with the Smith & Wesson firearms company, lending it a particularly American flavor.
Wesson carries the same directional, place-name energy as Weston, Easton, and Preston. Its double-S interior gives it a satisfying written quality, and its Western American associations — both geographic and firearm-related — make it a distinctly American surname name.