Ashley

== English == === Alternative forms === Ashlee, Ashleigh, Ashlie, Ashly === Etymology === From Old English *Æsċlēah, composed of æsċ (“ash tree”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to Ash +‎ -ley. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæʃli/, [ˈæʃlɪi̯] Rhymes: -æʃli Hyphenation: Ash‧ley === Proper noun === Ashley (countable and uncountable, plural Ashleys) A number of villages and hamlets in England: A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL6961). A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ7784). A settlement in St Leonards and St Ives parish, east Dorset (OS grid ref SU1304). A village and civil parish (without a council) in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST9394). A hamlet in Bentworth parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6440). A suburb in New Milton parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ2595). A village and civil parish (without a council) in Test Valley district, Hampshire. (OS grid ref SU3831). A hamlet in Sutton parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3048). A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, previously in Kettering district (OS grid ref SP7990). A village in Loggerheads parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7636). A village in Box parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8168). A surname from Old English derived from the places in England. A male given name transferred from the surname. A female given name transferred from the surname. Synonym: Ash A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Washington County, Illinois; named for railroad official Col. L. W. Ashley. A town in Smithfield Township, DeKalb County and Steuben Township, Steuben County, Indiana. A village in Elba Township, Gratiot County, Michigan. A census-designated place in Pike County, Missouri; named for the state's first lieutenant governor, William Henry Ashley. A city, the county seat of McIntosh County, North Dakota; named for railroad official Ashley E. Morrow. A village in Oxford Township, Delaware County, Ohio; named for Col. L. W. Ashley. A borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia; named for the local Ash family. An unincorporated community in the towns of Guenther and Knowlton, Marathon County, Wisconsin. A locality in Moree Plains Shire, New South Wales, Australia; named for one of the settlements in England. A small settlement and river north of Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand. ==== Usage notes ==== Ashley was originally a male given name, but since the 1960s it has also been given to women, particularly in the US, where it was the top name for girls in 1991 and 1992. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Haleys, Halsey, Hasley, Healys, Shealy, haysel, shaley == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Ashley. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔaʃli/ [ˈʔaʃ.lɪ] IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈʔasli/ [ˈʔas.lɪ] Rhymes: -aʃli, (no palatal assimilation) -asli Syllabification: Ash‧ley === Proper noun === Ashley (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜎᜒ) a female given name from English, of 2000s and later Philippines usage