English Explanatory Dictionary

Ainsley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈeɪnzli/

Word forms

Ainsley Ainsleys Ainslie Ansley Annesley Ainslee

Etymology

Habitational surname for someone from Annesley, Nottinghamshire or Ansley, Warwickshire, both from Old English anne (“alone, solitary”) or ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”).

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