Ainsley (also spelt Ainsleigh) is both a unisex given name and a surname and place name. It is derived from words meaning hermitage and clearing (Old English "anne" ("alone, solitary") or ānsetl ("hermitage") + lēah ("woodland, clearing")).
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
Men A. C. de Zoysa (1923–1983), Sri Lankan criminal lawyer Ainsley Battles (born 1978), American football player Ainsley Bennett (born 1954), British sprinter Ainsley Hall (born 1972), Cayman Islands cricketer Ainsley Harriott (born 1957), English television chef Ainsley Iggo (1924–2012), Scottish neurophysiologist Ainsley Maitland-Niles (born 1997), English footballer Ainsley Melham (born 1991), Australian actor Ainsley Robinson, Canadian wrestler Ainsley Waugh (born 1981), Jamaican sprinter
Women Ainsley Earhardt (born 1978), American television news anchor Ainsley Gardiner, film producer from New Zealand Ainsley Gotto (1946–2018), Australian businesswoman Ainsley Hamill, Scottish singer Ainsley Howard, English actress
Surname
Ainsleigh Daniel Ainsleigh (born 1976), English actor and acting coach
Ainsley 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
See also Ainley, a surname
Ainsley Canal, a short canal in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Ainsley House, a building in Campbell, California, United States Ainslie (disambiguation) Ansley, a parish in Warwickshire, England Aynsley China, a British manufacturer Aynsley, a given name and surname
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