Name: Ainsley
Gender: Female
Usage: Ainsley, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Ainsley are in general originating from United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Ainsley across the world, see Ainslie.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Ainsley is: Hermitage in or at the clearing or wood, My own meadow.
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Numerology of the first name Ainsley: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 4. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: traditional, organized, self-disciplined, steady, logical, practical, helpful, reliable.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Practical, Dependable
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire
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The name Ainsley is ranked on the 5,892nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 49800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Ainsley has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Ainsley is both a unisex given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
- Ainsley Battles (born 1978), American football player
- Ainsley Bennett (born 1954), British sprinter
- Ainsley Earhardt (born 1978), American television news anchor
- Ainsley Gotto (born 1946), Australian businesswoman
- Ainsley Hall (born 1972), Cayman Islands cricketer
- Ainsley Harriott (born 1957), English television chef
- Ainsley Howard, English actress
- Ainsley Waugh (born 1981), Jamaican sprinter
Surname:
- 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
Scottish and English: transferred use of the surname, which is borne by a powerful and ancient family long established in the Scottish borders. It was probably originally a local name, taken north from either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. The former gets its name from the genitive case of the Old English name ān (a short form of any of various compounds containing as a first element ān one, only) + Old English lēah wood or clearing. The latter is from Old English ānsetl hermitage + lëah.
Variant: Ainslee.
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