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.

Ashley name variants. Until the 1960s it was more commonly given to boys in the United States but it is now most often used on girls. The Next Generation 2001 TV Series Come on Ashley lets write our letters to Santa. The name Ashley has undergone many spelling variations including Ashley Ashly Astley and others.

Ashley was a sensation in the 1980s and 1990s. Asheley is a modern English spelling variation of the name Ashley. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages the spelling of names changed also.

Ashley is an English surname that comes from the Old English elements æsc and leah which mean ash and clearing respectively. 154 in the US. It is a English name and its pronunciation is a-sh-ley.

My study includes the variants Ashlea Ashleigh and Astley but I am open to other variants as I come across them and obviously the deviants due to poor transcription. Ashley TV and Movie Quotes. Prominent varying forms of Ashley are Ash 1366 IN 2018 Ashton 128 and Lee 689.

The moniker would be ideal for a boy whos a twin born second. Ashley is a boy name and means ash meadow. Ashley Judd - American actress Ashley Olsen - American actress Ashley Bashioum - actress Ashley Cafagna - actress Ashley Clark - actress Ashley Johnson - actress Ashley Loren - actress Ashley Richardson - actress Ashley Scott - actress Rate this page.

Meaning History. Dictionary of American Family Names 2013 Oxford University Press. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990 TV Series.