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Ashley is a given name which was originally an Old English surname. It is derived from the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) words æsċ ( ash ) and lēah (clearing, meadow) and translates to "Dweller near the ash tree meadow".
Ashley is a place name derived from the Old English words æsċ (“ash”) and lēah (“meadow”). It may refer to: It may refer to: People and fictional characters
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Ashley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alicia Ashley (born 1967), Jamaican-American boxer, former WBC world champion; April Ashley (1935–2021), English model outed as a transgender woman; Bernard Ashley (businessman) (1926–2009), British businessman and engineer, husband of Laura Ashley
This category is for feminine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language feminine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
Ashlyn Martin, stage name of Laura Lynn Hale (1946–1991), American model and actress; Ashlyn Pearce, American actress; Ashlyn Sanchez, American actress; Ashlyn Watkins, American college basketball player; Ashlyn Rae Willson, American musician better known as Ashe Ashlyn (album), 2021 album by Ashe; Ashlynn Yennie, American actress
A Dictionary of First Names is an onomastic work of reference on given names, published by Oxford University Press, edited by Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, and Flavia Hodges in 1990 and 2006. The second edition of 2006 (as paperback 2007) discusses a total of "over 6,000 names".