English: topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a
stream, from Middle English by weste lake (see Lake).
Westlake in Devon derives its name from the surname, rather than the
other way around.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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