Ashley

The name "Ashley" is of English origin, from a place name and surname from the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) words 'æsc' (ash) and 'lēah' (meadow, forest clearing).
As a given name, like most surnames turned into first names, Ashley was originally used only for male children. It was first recorded as a male given first/middle name in the 16th century and remained only male until around 350 years later. It was popularized by Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury 1621–1683 (also known as Lord Ashley). Uses of the boys' name in popular culture are Ashley Wilkes from 1939's Gone with the Wind and Ash Williams (Ashley James Williams) from the 1981 Film Evil Dead. Ashley in the United Kingdom, where it originated, is predominantly male, ranking at #40 in 1996 for boys and staying within the top 100–300 male names given each year. Ashleigh is the traditional spelling of the female form of the name, with Ashley remaining traditionally male. Although Ashley is sometimes used for females in the U.K., it has dropped off the top U.K. female name charts since 2011.
Ashley gained immense popularity as a female first name in the United States in the late 20th century, outranking boys' usage by the 1980s and reaching #1 for girls' usage in 1991. Its rise in popularity is attributed to the female soap opera character Ashley Abbott on The Young and The Restless in 1982.
Ashley has not appeared in the top American baby boy names since 1994, but is still used 2%–8% of the time depending on year.
As with many names that achieve popularity, a number of spellings of Ashley emerged. The United States Social Security Administration has records of many different spellings, including Ashley, Ashleigh, Ashlee, Ashlie, Ashlyn, and foreign-looking variants such as Ashlé (pseudo-French) for example, Ashlé Dawson.

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Fem. proper name, all but unknown before c. 1965; one of the most popular names for girls born in U.S. from c. 1980; evidently inspired by the surname Ashley, Ashleigh (attested from 12c.), which means "clearing among the ash trees," from Old English æsc (see ash (n.2)) + leah (see lea).

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From the Old English elements aesc (ash trees) and leah (wood, clearing, meadow, enclosure). Means: dweller near the ash tree forest.

Ashliee, Ashlie, Ashleigh, Ashlei, Ashlee, Ash, Ashlea

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Ashley Olsen	1986	Actor from USA
2	Ashley Judd	1968	American actress
3	Ashley Benson	1989	Actress
4	Ashley Tisdale	1985	American actress, singer
5	Ashley Graham	1987	American model
6	Ashley Cole	1980	English footballer
7	Ashley Greene	1987	American actress
8	Ashley Hamilton	1974	American actor
9	Ashley Hinshaw	1988	US actress and model
10	Ashley Williams	1984	Footballer
11	Ashley Jensen	1969	Actress
12	Ashley Rickards	1992	American actress
13	Ashley Young	1985	English footballer
14	Ashley Roberts	1981	American dancer, actor and musician
15	Ashley Scott	1977	Actress
16	Ashley Massaro	1979	Professional wrestler, valet, glamour model, and reality television participant
17	Ashley Banjo	1988	Street dancer from Essex, Rose to fame after winning Britain's Got Talent with dance troupe Diversity
18	Ashley Walters	1982	English rapper, musician and actor
19	Elizabeth Ashley	1939	American actress
20	Ashley Madekwe	1981	English actress and fashion blogger
21	Ashley Blue	1981	American pornographic actress
22	Ashley Parker Angel	1981	American singer and actor
23	Ashley Monroe	1986	American country music singer-songwriter
24	Ashley Jones	1976	Actress
25	Ashley Eckstein	1981	American actress
26	Karan Ashley	1975	American actress
27	Ashley Leggat	1986	Canadian actress
28	Ashley Wagner	1991	American figure skater
29	Ashley Alexandra Dupré	1985	American call-girl, singer and columnist
30	Ashley Zukerman	1983	American actor
31	Ashley Ward	1970	English footballer
32	Ashley Fletcher	1995	British association football player
33	Maurice Ashley	1966	Chess Grandmaster
34	Sylvia Ashley	1904	English model, actress and socialite
35	Ashley Theophane	1980	British boxer
36	Ashley Argota	1993	Actress, singer
37	Ashley Thomas		Character from the British soap opera Emmerdale
38	Ashley Abbott
39	Ashley Bell	1986	Actress
40	Ashley Laurence	1966	American actress
41	Ashley Horn
42	Ashley Force Hood	1982	American racing driver
43	Ashley Everett	1989
44	Ashley C. Williams	1984	American actress
45	Laura Ashley	1925	Welsh designer of textiles, clothing, and home furnishings
46	Ashley Barnes	1989	English footballer
47	Ashley Peldon	1984	Actress
48	Kaitlyn Ashley	1971	American pornographic actress
49	April Ashley	1935	English model and restaurant hostess, born 1935.
50	Jessica Ashley	1992	Singer
51	William Henry Ashley	1778	American politician
52	Ashley Long	1979	British pornographic actress
53	Ashley Wilkes
54	Ashley Smith inquest	1988
55	Anastasia Ashley	1987	American surfer and model
56	Ashley Campbell	1986	American country music singer and songwriter
57	Ashley Taylor Dawson	1982	English actor and singer
58	Rachel Ashley	1964	American actress
59	Ashley Callingbull-Burnham	1990
60	Ashley Fink	1986	American actress
61	Ashley Harkleroad	1985	American tennis player
62	Ashley Crow	1960	American actress
63	Ashley MacIsaac	1975	Canadian musician
64	Ashley Longshore		American painter
65	Ashley Peacock
66	Ashley Montagu	1905	British-American anthropologist
67	Ashley Slanina-Davies	1989	English actress
68	Jackie Ashley	1954	British journalist/broadcaster
69	Ashley Newbrough	1987	American actress
70	Ashley Hicks	1963	Author; interior and furniture designer
71	Ashley Westwood	1976	Footballer
72	Brandon Ashley	1994	American basketball player
73	Ashley Gorley	1977	American songwriter
74	Ashley Clements
75	Ashley Kafka
76	Kat Ashley	1502	English noble
77	Ashley Ortega	1998	Filipino actress
78	Ashley Durham	1990	American model
79	Ashley Swearengin	1972	American politician
80	Ashley Giles	1973	English Test and County cricketer
81	Ashley Adams	1955	Australian Paralympic shooter
82	Ashley Brown	1982	American actress
83	Ashley Wood	1971	Australian comic book artist and illustrator
84	Ashley Parker	1982	American journalist
85	Ashley Edner	1990	American actress
86	Ashley Jenkins	1982	On-camera host
87	Robert Ashley	1930	American composer
88	Ashley Hutchings	1945	English bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer
89	Ashley Fiolek	1990	American motorcycle racer
90	Ashley McKenzie	1989	British judoka
91	Ashley Boettcher	2000	American actress
92	Ashley Qualls	1990	American businessman
93	Dugan Ashley	1985	American actor and musician
94	Ashley Miller	1971	American screenwriter and film producer
95	Ashley Monique Clark	1988	American actress
96	Ashley Chin	1982	Actor, writer and spoken word poet
97	James Mitchell Ashley	1824	American politician
98	Ashley Lilley	1986	Scottish actress and singer
99	Ashley Dzerigian	1983	American musician
100	Jay Ashley	1971	American pornographic film director & actor
101	Ashley Chambers	1990	English footballer
102	John Ashley	1888	American outlaw, bank robber and pirate
103	Ashley Hammond
104	Ashley Taylor	1995	Australian rugby league player
105	Ashley Gardner	1964	American actress
106	Ashley Lelie	1980	American football player
107	Ashley Revell	1972	British gambler
108	Ashley House	1980	British television presenter
109	Ashley Johnson	1986	South African rugby union player
110	Ashley Costello
111	Clarence Ashley	1895	American musician
112	Ashley Ellyllon	1984	American musician
113	Ashley Lawrence	1995	Canadian soccer player
114	Ashley Almanza	1964	South African chief executive
115	Ashley Springer		American actor
116	Ashley Mulheron	1983	Television actress and presenter
117	Ashley Richardson	1965	American model
118	Ashley Austin Morris	1983	American actress
119	Ashley Slater	1961	British musician
120	Ashley Spencer	1993	American sprinter
121	Lyn Ashley		Australian actress
122	Ashley Blake	1969	British newsreader
123	Ashley Pharoah	1959	British screenwriter
124	Ashley Cox	1956	American actress
125	Ashley Underwood	1985	American basketball player
126	Ashley Martin	1981	Player of American football
127	Ashley Kirilow	1987	Canadian fraudster
128	Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley	1900	English aristocrat, Order of St John, British army officer
129	Ashley Cotton
130	Ashley Cummins	1987	American mixed martial artist
131	Ashley Gorrell	1985	American actor
132	Alicia Ashley	1967	American boxer
133	Ashley Tesoro	1983	American entertainer
134	Ashley Cleveland	1957	Singer, songwriter
135	Ashley Lobo	1967	Indian dancer and choreographer
136	Ashley Paris	1987	American basketball player
137	Brooke Ashley	1973	Pornographic actress
138	Ashley Morris	1963	American blogger
139	Ashley Davies
140	Ashley Kaltwasser	1988
141	Ashley Hartman	1985	American actor, singer and model
142	Ashley Mote	1936	British politician
143	Ashley Bickerton	1959	US artist
144	Ashley Callie	1976	Actress, best known for role of Leone Haines in ''Isidingo''
145	Ashley Holliday	1985	American actress
146	Ashley Bouder		American ballerina
147	Ashley Bashioum	1983	American actress
148	Ashley Cabrera	1987	Actress
149	Ashley Bryan	1923	American children's writer and illustrator
150	Ashley Hames	1970	English television presenter
151	Ashley Hunter	1995	Footballer
152	Ashley Rose Orr	1990	Actress
153	Ashley Cain	1995	American figure skater
154	Ashley Harris	1993	Footballer
155	Ashley Fox	1969	British politician
156	Ashley Buccille	1986	Actress
157	Ashley Webster		Television journalist
158	Ashley Naylor	1970	Australian musician
159	Ashley Hemmings	1991	Professional footballer
160	Ashley Nurse	1988	Cricketer
161	Christopher Ashley	1964	American theatre director
162	Ashley Harrison	1981	Australian rugby league player
163	Ashley Coleman	1981	American model
164	Mike Ashley	1948	British writer
165	Trevor Ashley	1980	Australian entertainer
166	Ashley George Old	1913	British artist
167	Ashley Sexton	1987	British boxer
168	Ashley Ambrose	1970	American football player
169	Ashley Smith-Brown	1996
170	Ashley Hansen	1983	Australian footballer
171	Ashley Palmer	1978	American actress and singer
172	Ashley Wallbridge	1988	DJ
173	Ashley Mallett	1945	Australian cricketer
174	Bernard Ashley	1926	Businessperson
175	Vernon Ashley	1916
176	Mark Ashley	1973	German singer
177	Ashley Gearing	1991	American singer
178	Ashley Stahl	1987
179	Melissa-Ashley	1978	American pornographic film actress
180	Billy Ashley	1970	American baseball player / Belleville High School alumni
181	Ashley Grimes	1957	Irish footballer
182	Ashley Schmider
183	Ashley Cowie	1973	British historian
184	Ashley Knight	1959	Actor and Jazz Pianist
185	Ashley Eastham	1991	Footballer
186	Ashley Beedle	1962	British musician
187	Ashley Nick	1987	Professional footballer
188	Ashley Carew	1985	Footballer
189	Ashley Vincent	1985	English footballer
190	Ashley Jackson	1971	British historian
191	Ashley Love Mills
192	Ashley Gilbertson	1978	Australian photojournalist
193	Ashley Chadbourne McKinley	1896	American aviator and United States Army officer
194	William Ashley	1860	British economic historian
195	Ashley Sampi	1984	Australian footballer
196	Ian Ashley	1947	British racing driver
197	Ashley Lauren Fisher	1975	Actress, model, spinal cord injury activist
198	Ashley Charles
199	Ashley Cooper	1980	Australian racing driver
200	Ashley Kahn	1960	American music critic