Ashton

English
"ash trees place"

Ashton Origin and Meaning

The name Ashton is a boy's name of English origin meaning "ash trees place".

The recent ascent of this English surname is due to two things: the megapopular Ash beginning and TV/movie hottie Ashton Kutcher. The name peaked at Number 76 in 2004, a year after Ashton Kutcher's (both Christopher Ashton) hit TV show Punk'd made its debut.

# 146 in the US

Ashton Rank in US Top 1000

# 726 on Nameberry

Ashton Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Ashton Popularity

Famous People Named Ashton

  • Ashton P. StevensAmerican journalist and theatre critic
  • Ashton Fletcher Irwindrummer of Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer
  • Ashton Baldwin "Ash" Carter25th U.S. Secretary of Defense
  • Ashton James EatonAmerican decathlete
  • (Christopher) Ashton KutcherAmerican actor

Ashton in Pop Culture

  • Ashtona volcano on TV's "Luna Petunia"