Meaning & Origin
Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
West is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old English origin, from the cardinal direction, from Old English west, meaning 'the west, toward the setting sun' — the direction of the horizon where the sun descends, symbolizing the end of day and new beginnings.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West named their son Saint, but West itself carries the direction's symbolic weight: the pioneer spirit, the American West, the setting sun's promise of tomorrow. It's also Kanye West's own surname turned cultural icon. Short, directional, boldly geographical.