Ainsley Explained

Ainsley
Pronunciation:	/ˈeɪnzli/
Gender:	Unisex (mainly female)
Origin:	Scotland
Related Names:	Ainslie, Ainsleigh, Ainslee, Aynsley

Ainsley (also spelt Ainsleigh) is both a unisex given name and a surname and place name. It is derived from words meaning hermitage and clearing.^{[1] [2]}

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Men

• A. C. de Zoysa (1923–1983), Sri Lankan criminal lawyer
• Ainsley Battles (born 1978), American football player
• Ainsley Bennett (born 1954), British sprinter
• Ainsley Hall (born 1972), Cayman Islands cricketer
• Ainsley Harriott (born 1957), English television chef
• Ainsley Iggo (1924–2012), Scottish neurophysiologist
• Ainsley Maitland-Niles (born 1997), English footballer
• Ainsley Melham (born 1991), Australian actor
• Ainsley Robinson, Canadian wrestler
• Ainsley Waugh (born 1981), Jamaican sprinter

Women

• Ainsley Earhardt (born 1978), American television news anchor
• Ainsley Gardiner, film producer from New Zealand
• Ainsley Gotto (1946–2018), Australian businesswoman
• Ainsley Hamill, Scottish singer
• Ainsley Howard, English actress

Surname

Ainsleigh

• Daniel Ainsleigh (born 1976), English actor and acting coach

Ainsley

• George Ainsley (1915–1985), English footballer and manager
• Jack Ainsley (born 1990), English footballer
• Jacqui Ainsley (born 1981), English model
• John Mark Ainsley (born 1963), English opera singer
• William Ainsley (1898–1976), English coal miner and politician

See also

• Ainley, a surname
  • Ainsley Canal, a short canal in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
• Ainsley House, a building in Campbell, California, United States
• Ainslie (disambiguation)
• Ansley, a parish in Warwickshire, England
• Aynsley China, a British manufacturer
• Aynsley, a given name and surname

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks, Patrick . Patrick Hanks

   . Patrick Hanks . Hardcastle . Kate . Hodges . Flavia . A Dictionary of First Names . . Oxford, England . Oxford paperback reference . 2006 . 978-0-19-861060-1 . 67869278 . 44 . 20 November 2024.

2. Web site: Meaning, origin and history of the name Ainsley.