what ashley means
The name Ashley is a baby boy and baby girl name. The name Ashley comes from the English origin. In English The meaning of the name Ashley is: Lives in the ash tree grove. Derived from a surname and place name based on the Old English word for ash wood. Famous bearer: Ashley, the male character in Margaret Mitchell's popular 'Gone with the Wind'. Both a male and female name.
Ashley /ash-ley/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name (also used less commonly as boys' name Ashley) is pronounced ASH-lee. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Ashley is ash meadow. English surname and place name first used as a given name in the 16th century. Also the name of an English saint. Literary: there is a character Ashley Wilkes in Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind. Also given exposure through TV via Ashley Olsen in Full House.