Ainsley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Ainslie, Ansley, Annesley
• (feminine given name): Ansley, Ainslee, Ainslie

Etymology

Habitational surname for someone from Annesley, Nottinghamshire or Ansley, Warwickshire, both from Old English anne (“alone, solitary”) or ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪnzli/

Proper noun

Ainsley (countable and uncountable, plural Ainsleys)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ainsley is the 37076^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 602 individuals. Ainsley is most common among White (84.22%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ainsley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 16.

Anagrams

• Elysian, elysian