Ashley

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ashley is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name514K records spelled Ashley15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, France, Ecuador

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

  Also written Ashlëy, Äshley, A'Shley, Äshlëy, Ashléy

• Arabic given name28K records spelled Ashley12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, United Kingdom, Israel

  Languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic

  Also written אשלי, Ashlee, Ashly, Ashali

• English given name25K records spelled Ashley126 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: English, Polish, Spanish

  Also written Ashleigh, Asli, Ash-Leigh, Ashlee, Эшли

• Indonesian given name12K records spelled Ashley5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, Philippines, United Kingdom

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

  Also written Ãshlëy, Äshlêy

• English given name8.1K records spelled Ashley67 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: English, Thai, Lao

  Also written Ashlee, 애실, Ash-Lee, Aesil, Ashlee'

• Turkish given name7.8K records spelled Ashley6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Türkiye

  Languages: Turkish, Uzbek, Azerbaijani

  Also written Åšhlěy

74 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ashley is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, English place-name turned given name, from Old English 'ash tree meadow'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In English, Originally a surname; from Old English place name meaning ash wood.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In English, from one or other of the many places of this name; first attested Walter de Esselega 1162 P (Gl)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, Walter de Esselega 1162 P (Gl); Robert de Ashley 1281 CtW; Thomas Assheley 1401 AssLa. From one or other of the many places of this name.

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, A number of villages and hamlets in England:

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 145 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ashley Jensenb. 1969GBBritish actress
• Ashley Scottb. 1977USAmerican actress
• Ashley Coleb. 1980GBEnglish association football player (born 1980)
• Ashley Johnsonb. 1983USAmerican actress
• Darren Bentb. 1984GBnot in their usual nameEnglish association football player
• Ashley Tisdaleb. 1985USAmerican actress and singer (born 1985)
• Ashley Youngb. 1985GBEnglish association football player
• Charlotte Flairb. 1986USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler and actress
• Ashley Greeneb. 1987USAmerican actress
• Ashley Parkb. 1991USAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,582 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ashley?

We estimate roughly 789 thousand people bear Ashley (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Ashley have the most bearers?

We estimate about 741 thousand people bear Ashley in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled ashley.

Where is Ashley most common?

Ashley is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 449 people carrying it.

How common is Ashley compared with other names?

In the United States, Ashley is the 106th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Ashley a male or female name?

Ashley is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ashley mean?

Recorded meaning: ‘Person from Ashley’, a place-name meaning ‘ash-tree wood or glade’.