Origin: (Old English)
Pronunciation: (ASH-lee)
Gender: Uni-Sex
I can’t believe I haven’t added
this very common name before. It has great meanings and great variant spellings
but it’s a bit too common for me and my characters but if I ever did use it I
would use it on a male character because I always think of this name as being
the name of the character Ashley from “Gone with the Wind”.
I’ve always wanted two brothers to
be named Ashley “Ash” and Hillary “Hill” *see on
list of posts* in the modern era as that
would be fun to have them be mortified by their now common female names and
they being boys, lol! But more than that Ashley and Hillary have long histories
of use and interesting people have been named this in past years.
I like the spelling Ashlie and I do
like the nickname Ash so this name at least has me there but I have just never
had a character come along that I saw as being named any variant spelling of
Ashley but that may change in the future. Of course I didn’t create this blog
just for me so if a common name like Ashley is what an author is looking for
then I hope they enjoy this post and continue to find Ashley to be the perfect
name for their character. Or if they never thought of this name but need one
for their characters then I hope they find this post and find this name to be
perfect for their character, whether male or female.
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