Ainsley
AinsleyPronunciation | /ˈeɪnzli/ |
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Gender | Unisex (mainly female) |
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Word/name | Scotland |
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Related names | Ainslie, Ainsleigh, Ainslee, Aynsley |
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Ainsley (also spelt Ainsleigh) is both a unisex given name and a surname and place name. It is derived from words meaning hermitage and clearing.[1][2]
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
Men
- A. C. de Zoysa (1923–1983), Sri Lankan criminal lawyer
- Ainsley Battles (born 1978), American football player
- Ainsley Bennett (born 1954), British sprinter
- Ainsley Hall (born 1972), Cayman Islands cricketer
- Ainsley Harriott (born 1957), English television chef
- Ainsley Iggo (1924–2012), Scottish neurophysiologist
- Ainsley Maitland-Niles (born 1997), English footballer
- Ainsley Melham (born 1991), Australian actor
- Ainsley Robinson, Canadian wrestler
- Ainsley Waugh (born 1981), Jamaican sprinter
Women
Surname
Ainsleigh
Ainsley
See also
- Ainley, a surname
- All pages with titles beginning with Ainsley
- All pages with titles containing Ainsley
- Ainsley Canal, a short canal in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Ainsley House, a building in Campbell, California, United States
- Ainslie (disambiguation)
- Ansley, a parish in Warwickshire, England
- Aynsley China, a British manufacturer
- Aynsley, a given name and surname
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