English · Girl name
Ashley
“ash tree meadow”
About the name Ashley
Ashley is derived from the Old English words æsc, ‘ash tree’, and leah, ‘woodland clearing’ or ‘meadow’, and began as a surname taken from several English place names. It was originally a masculine given name, and Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, carried it as a surname. Ashley Wilkes is a fictional character in Margaret Mitchell’s novel Gone with the Wind. In the later twentieth century the name came to be used mainly for girls in the United States and other English-speaking countries.
- Meaning
- ash tree meadow
- Origin
- English
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- ASH-lee(2 syl.)
Middle names for Ashley
- Ashley Marie
- Ashley Elizabeth
- Ashley Grace
- Ashley Ann
- Ashley Nicole
Questions about Ashley
- What does Ashley mean?
- Ashley is an English name meaning "ash tree meadow".
- How do you pronounce Ashley?
- Ashley is pronounced ASH-lee, with emphasis on the first syllable.
- What are variants of Ashley?
- Variants of Ashley include Ashlee, Ashly, Ashli.
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