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First name origins & meanings:
- Old English: Ash tree; for girl or boy
- Old English: Ash tree; for boy or girl
First name variations: Ashe, Ashby, Ashford, Ashia, Ashiah, Ashla, Ashlana, Ashlanah, Ashlane, Ashlaney, Ashlea, Ashleah, Ashlee, Ashlei, Ashleigh, Ashlen, Ashlena, Ashlenah, Ashlene, Ashli, Ashlia, Ashliah, Ashlie, Ashlin, Ashlina, Ashlinah, Ashline, Ashling, Ashly, Ashlya, Ashlyah, Ashley, Ashleigh, Ashford, Ashe, Ashby, Ashlie, Ashling, Asheley, Ashelie, Ashlan, Ashlen, Ashlin, Ashlone, Ashlinn, Ashly, Aslan, Ashten, Ashton, Ashley Last name origins & meanings:
- English: from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ (Old
English æsc), hence a topographic name for someone living by
an ash tree or a habitational name from any of the many places in
southern and central England named with this word (Derbyshire, Dorset,
Hampshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Surrey, Shropshire, Somerset, and
elsewhere).
- In New England, Ash is commonly found for
French Dufresne, with the same meaning.
- Jewish
(Ashkenazic): from an acronym for Yiddish AltSHul (see
Altschul) or AyznSHtot (see Eisenstadt).
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