Ash


Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
112 famous people named Ash found on Wikipedia.
1240 male, 47 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 1366-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 1291-th in year 2016
Used in: English

Meanings

Ash is both a given name (commonly a shortened version of Ashton or Ashley) and a surname.

"powdery remains of fire," Old English æsce "ash," from Proto-Germanic *askon (source also of Old Norse and Swedish aska, Old High German asca, German asche, Gothic azgo "ashes"), from PIE root *ai- (2) "to burn, glow" (source also of Sanskrit asah "ashes, dust," Armenian azazem "I dry up," Greek azein "to dry up, parch," Latin ardus "parched, dry"). Spanish and Portuguese ascua "red-hot coal" are Germanic loan-words. Symbol of grief or repentance; hence Ash Wednesday (c. 1300), from custom introduced by Pope Gregory the Great of sprinkling ashes on the heads of penitents on the first day of Lent. Ashes meaning "mortal remains of a person" is late 13c., in reference to the ancient custom of cremation. Meaning "Finely pulverized lava thrown from a volcano" is from 1660s.

Short form of Ashley, form of Ashby, form of Asher: happy, denote either the tree or the residue of fire.

Famous People: 112 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Ash Ketchum Fictional character from the Pokémon franchise
2 Ashton Carter 1954 United States Secretary of Defense
3 Ash Williams Fictional character from the Evil Dead series
4 Leslie Ash 1960 British actress
5 Lauren Ash 1983 Canadian actress
6 Ash King 1984 UK-Born Bollywood Playback Singer
7 Erica Ash 1977 American actress and comedienne
8 Mary Kay Ash 1918 Entrepreneur
9 Ash Stymest 1991 British model
10 Ash Lieb 1982 Artist, writer, comedian
11 Ash Baron-Cohen 1967 English filmmaker
12 Daniel Ash 1957 British musician
13 Chris Ash 1973 American football player and coach
14 Timothy Garton Ash 1955 British historian and author
15 Ash Taylor 1990 Welsh footballer
16 Ash Atalla 1972 Egyptian-born British television producer
17 Ash Brannon 1969 American film director and animator
18 Ash Pollard
19 Ash Crimson Fictional character
20 Ash Vasudevan American business writer
21 Ash Kane
22 Ashtrobot 1989
23 Ash Soan British musician
24 Ronnie Ash 1988 American hurdler
25 Ash Grunwald 1976 Australian musician
26 Ash Hollywood 1989 American pornographic actress
27 Kevin Ash 1959 Journalist, writer
28 Ash Dixon 1988 New Zealand rugby union player
29 Rob Ash 1951 American football player and coach, college athletic administrator
30 Gord Ash 1951 Canadian baseball executive
31 Ash Nair 1980 Malaysian singer
32 Ash Adams 1963 American actor and filmmaker
33 Russell Ash 1946 British author:Top 10 of Everything series of books/Great Wonders of the World/Incredible Comparisons/many other reference/art/humour titles
34 Ash Amin 1955 British geographer and academic
35 Ash Bowie American musician
36 Richard Ash 1992
37 Roy Ash 1918 Co-founder/President:American company Litton Industries/director of the Office of Management and Budget
38 Ash Avildsen
39 Ash Koley Canadian singer
40 Ash 1968 French street artist
41 Ash Handley 1996 English rugby league player
42 Ash Denham 1974 Scottish politician
43 Glen Ash American actor and comedian
44 James Ash 1973 Musician and record producer
45 Eric Ash 1928 Distinguished German-born British electrical engineer/past Rector:Imperial College
46 Ash Wednesday 2000 Musician
47 Ash Bowers American singer
48 Jay Ash 1959 American politician and basketball player
49 Ash Thorp 1983
50 Jasmine Ash 2000 American singer-songwriter
51 Ash Dargan 2000 Australian musician
52 Ash Kalra 1972
53 Sarah Ash 1950 British writer
54 Ash Power 1957 Australian Army general
55 Claudius Ash 1792 Goldsmith and dental manufacturer
56 Bobby Ash British actor
57 L. David Ash American automobile designer
58 Brandon Ash 1977 Racecar driver
59 Maurice Ash 1917 Environmentalist/writer/planner
60 Michael Edward Ash 1927
61 Sam Ash 1884 Musician and actor
62 Avner Ash American mathematician
63 Cay Van Ash 1918 Writer
64 Mitchell Ash 1948 American historian
65 Ethan Ash British singer-songwriter
66 Michael R. Ash 1961 Mormon scholar/apologist
67 Ash Moeke 1988 New Zealander rugby union player
68 Paul Ash 1891 American musician
69 Vic Ash 1930 British musician
70 Ash Robson 1995
71 Isaac Colton Ash 1861
72 Lucille Ash 1935 American figure skater
73 Marvin Ash 1914 American musician
74 Michael Woolston Ash 1789 American politician
75 Ray Ash 1936
76 Ken Ash 1901 American baseball player
77 Ash Varrez Indian actor
78 Arthur James Richard Ash 1906 Canadian politician
79 Mel Ash Zen teacher
80 Arty Ash 1895 British actor
81 Robert Ash
82 Bob Ash 1943 Canadian ice hockey player
83 Chuck Red Ash 1915 Member Ohio General Assembly
84 Brian Ash 1936 British writer
85 William H. Ash 1859
86 Ashley Palmer 1992 English footballer
87 Fortesque Ash 1882 Australian bishop
88 Juddy Ash 1900 American football player
89 George Ash 1859 Australian lawyer (1859-1897)
90 Oronde Ash 1976 American soccer player
91 Mick Ash 1943 English footballer
92 Ash McGregor 1953 New Zealand rugby union player
93 Ash Gardiner 1946 New Zealand rugby union player
94 David Ash 1944 English County cricketer
95 Maie Ash 1888
96 Joan S. Ash American physician
97 James Earle Ash 1884 American pathologist
98 Herbert Ash 1878 Canadian politician
99 Ash Rees 1986 New Zealand basketball player
100 Rohan Ash 1976 Cricketer
101 Peter Ash
102 Stuart Ash 1942
103 John Ash English politician
104 Graham Ash Fictional human
105 Ash Goldie 1981 Canadian ice hockey player
106 Ash Asudeh Canadian linguist
107 Ash Ashworth 2000 British biathlete
108 Ash Yu 1988
109 Selby Ash
110 Edward Ash
111 William Ash
112 Gerald Ash