What does Ashley mean?
How do we pronounce Ashley?
Ashley \as-hley, ash-l-ey\ is a boy's name. It consists of 6 letters and 2 syllables.
The baby boy name Ashley can also be used as a girl name name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is as AE-SHLiy- 1.
1 Pronunciation for Ashley: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
What is the origin of Ashley?
Ashley is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is Old English. The name is of the meaning ash wood. From the elements 'aesc' meaning ash ; 'leah' meaning wood, clearing, meadow. The first name is derived from the surname, itself originally a byname for someone who lived in a place so named, such as an ash wood. The name was first used around the middle of the 19th century, probably inspired by the philanthropist Anthony Ashley Cooper (1801-1885), 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. The popularity of the name was also boosted in the middle of the 20th century by the Academy Award-winning film Gone with the Wind (1939), in which Ashley Wilkes is the man that Scarlett O'Hara secretly loves. Ashley has 21 variants. name Asheley, meaning of Ashelie, what does the name Ashely mean, baby name Ashlan, Ashlea name popularity, Ashlee meaning, baby name Ashlen, Ashli name, Ashlin meaning and origin, nicknames for Ashling, Ashlinn meaning, Ashlone name, Ashly meaning and origin, Ashlyn meaning of name, Ashlynn meaning, and Aslan meaning of name. Other English forms the contraction Ash definition, the pet forms Asher meaning of name and meaning of Lee, and the variant spellings Ashleigh name popularity and Ashlie name.
List of baby names that is pronounced like Ashley:
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The baby name Ashley fun facts:
The name Ashley in reverse order is "Yelhsa".
The numerological value of the name Ashley is number 7, which means analysis, understanding, knowledge, awareness, studious, meditating.
How popular is Ashley?
Ashley is not in the top boy names in USA.