The name Ashley is primarily a gender-neutral name of English origin that means From The Ash Tree Field.

Ashley name meaning and origin. From a surname meaning ash tree meadow Ashley is an English name. The name developed in many counties in England and it represent one of the few names that may have developed simultaneously in several different counties. Ashley is derived from the Old English words æsc ash and lēah forest glade.

For more than two centuries his descendants were prominent in Norfolk VA. A name which originated as a surname derived from the Old English elements æsc ash trees and lēah wood clearing meadow enclosure. The name Ashley is an American baby name.

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. Meaning of Ashley Meadow of ash trees from the ash tree field the grove of ash trees ash-tree meadow.

Ashley was a sensation in the 1980s and 1990s. Ashley Name Meaning What Does Ashley Mean and History. From an English surname which was originally derived from place names meaning ash tree clearing from Old English æsc and leah.

Is now predominately female. Family name origins meanings English. The place name itself is derived from Old English æsc ash tree and leah woodland clearing.

From an English surname that was originally derived from place names meaning ash tree clearing from a combination of Old English æsc and leah. At first a place name Ashley was used as an English surname and then as a given name. Meadow of ash trees.