From an English surname that was originally derived from place names meaning ash tree clearing from a combination of Old English æsc and leah.

Ashley name etymology. Ashley is still pretty but more and more parents are turning to newer names like Ashlyn and Aubrey and spellings such as Ashleigh and Ashlea. In Anglo-Saxon Baby Names the meaning of the name Ashley is. Often the root words can be traced back to ancient sources such as the Indo-European languages.

Meadow of ash trees. He was also of Gloucestershire 1198. See definitions of ashley.

John Ashley appears in the VA Charter of 1609. As a given name Ashley is now used mostly for girls. From a surname meaning ash tree meadow Ashley is an English name.

Dictionary of American Family Names 2013 Oxford University Press. The name of Capt. Ashley name hasnt been found in the BibleTorahQuran Famous People Named Ashley Ashley Wilkes is a central character from the novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell which was published in 1936 and made into a film in 1939.

Ashley as a boys name also used more widely as girls name Ashley is pronounced ASH-lee. Habitational name from any of the numerous places in southern and central England named Ashley from Old English æsc ash leah woodland clearing. It is of Old English origin and the meaning of Ashley is ash meadow.

Just to make sure everyone knows it some parents have opted. Ashley was a sensation in the 1980s and 1990s. The name Ashley ˈæʃli is of English origin from a place name and surname from the Old English words æsc ash and lēah meadow forest clearing.