Talk:Ashley (given name)

message: I have removed the following paragraph:
The origins of the name come from an ancient Anglo-Saxon legend wherein a lovely young woman was kidnapped by an ogre and imprisoned in an ash tree. Over the years, the tree took on the form of the woman. Her name long since forgotten, she is now only remembered as "Ashley".  The fabled tree is located in Devonshire, UK.
I must say the above is very creative fiction writing, but it's complete nonsense! Clevelandkentevans 04:41, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fake legend removal 

message: Note that this is a split from Ashley. Does this serve the reader? --Wetman 04:43, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The things is though, there is no Klingon name Ashley to confuse it with and thus saying Ashley (name) is enough. What's more, I'm sure people have named some non-human pets Ashley as well. Theshibboleth 21:57, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  What kind of TV obsessed jerks are you klingons don't exist and the artical ashley refers to it as a name of some towns so merge them.Pʰil 06:45, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split 

message: This is a name that is widely perceived as a girl's name but can be a boy's name. Any name where it is vice versa?? Georgia guy 00:59, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That perception depends on where you're from. In England (it's country of origin) it began as a boy's name and remains a boy's name. For some reason, Americans started using it as a girl's name and many others have followed, even a few people in England (though it's still generally considered a boy's name there). Holymolytree2 14:35, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In NZ all my classmates who had the name "Ashly/Ashley" were girls. I have yet to hear of any male in NZ called Ashley. To be honest, most people would think he is a girl. --BrianJ35 (talk) 07:00, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boy vs. girl names 

message: Should this be semiprotected to reduce the vandalism that happens in nearly any given name's article?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.233.172.30 (talk) 04:27, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protect 

message: The use of Ashley as a celtic/gaul male name goes back quite some time. Ash is a traditional druidic wood and represents Ygdrasill, the World Tree. It is one of the three sacred woods of the Fae Triad (Oak, Ash, Thorn). Ashley as a given name would have been considered a name of power.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.104.138.11 (talk) 06:43, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin 

message: Should Ashlyn really be considered a spelling variant of Ashley?  Sounds like a separate name (perhaps derived from Ashley) but it wouldn't be pronounced the same. -KaJunl (talk) 13:24, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ashlyn 

message: Purely out of curiosity and happenstance… I came across this page looking for men bearing the name Ashley (as the exception) and found famous men bearing the name listed first. Why is this? In the modern era, Ashley (Ashleigh) is a female name. I expected to find famous men as a footnote or afterthought, but they take center stage. Not upset; not a Karen. Genuinely curious about how these listings are arranged
-Bman 70.181.124.22 (talk) 07:26, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why are men listed first? 

message: I’ve added Ashley Banjo but was staggered to find that there’s no article about the Coronation Street character Ashley Peacock or the actor who plays him Steven Arnold, nor do these terms appear within existing articles when I search. Perhaps someone would like to create this entry? Also it is unhelpful that Ashlee currently redirects to Ashley (though admittedly the only person who I can think of who uses this spelling is Ashlee Simpson). Overlordnat1 (talk) 13:15, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Ashleys