Ashcraft Explained

Ashcraft is a surname. Reaney and Wilson have suggested this is a place-related surname referring to "dweller at a croft with an ash-tree";^[1] a "croft" refers to a small parcel of land used for farming.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Alan E. Ashcraft Jr. (1906–1961), American politician and judge
• Forrest Ashcraft (1922-2004), American politician
• Graham Ashcraft (born 1998), American baseball player
• Hale Ashcraft (1920-2010), American politician
• Karen Ashcraft (living), American academic
• Mark H. Ashcraft (1949–2022), American academic
• Richard Ashcraft (1938-1995), American academic
• Tami Oldham Ashcraft (born 1983), American sailor and author

See also

• Doki Doki Literature Club!, a 2017 video game, for which Jillian Ashcraft sang "Your Reality"

Notes and References

1. Book: Reaney . Percy Hide . A Dictionary of English Surnames . Wilson . Richard Middlewood . R. M. Wilson (philologist) . . 2006 . 0-415-05737-X . 3rd . 103 . 15 March 2024 . Google Books.