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Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Ashley: English Meaning of Ashley: "dweller near the ash tree meadow" Ashley's Popularity in 2012: #50
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Ashley was a sensation in the 1980s and 1990s; it hit Number 1 in 1991 and remains in the Top 50. 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.

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Famous People Named Ashley

Ashley Benson - American actress
Ashley Greene - American actress
Ashley Argota - American actress
Ashley Olsen - American actress and fashion designer
Ashley Tisdale - American actress and singer
Ashley Judd - American actress
Ashley Hinshaw - American actress and model
Ashley Olsen-American actress; twin sister to Mary-Kate Olsen

Pop Culture References for the Name Ashley

Ashlee Dolly from Winters Bone
Ashley Graham, character from Resident Evil 4
Ashley Katchadourian, was supposed to be watching the door

Nicknames & Variations for Ashley

Ahshlee, Aishlee, Ashala, Ashalee, Ashalei, Ashaley, Ashely, Ashien, Ashla, Ashlan, Ashlay, Ashlea, Ashleay, Ashlee, Ashleigh, Ashleye, Ashli, Ashlie, Ashly, Ashlye

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Ashley

Gender: M Popularity: this week. Origin of Ashley: English Meaning of Ashley: "dweller near the ash tree meadow"
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Even if it started as a strictly male name, when a name has been on the girls' most-popular list for decades, it becomes somewhat more difficult for a boy to carry, despite the lingering memory of the sensitive Ashley Wilkes in Gone With the Wind. Some alternatives are Ash, Asher and Ashton.

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Famous People Named Ashley

Ashley Purdy, bass player and backing singer for American rock band Black Veil Brides.
Ashley Cole, English football player for Chelsea FC.

Pop Culture References for the Name Ashley

Ashley Wilkes is a fictional character in the Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind and the later film of the same name.

Ashley James "Ash" Williams is a fictional character and the protagonist of The Evil Dead franchise.

Nicknames & Variations for Ashley

Ash, Asheley, Ashelie

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