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Meaning

The name Ashleigh has the following meaning:

This name functioned as place names, as well as last names, before taking up its role as a first name. The acceptance of Ashley as a first name was possibly accelerated by the success of the famous 1936 novel Gone with the Wind, in which one of the characters goes by the name Ashley Wilkes.
This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Ashleigh is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 388 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Ashleigh fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 25 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 952 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Ashleigh in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Origins

The name Ashleigh is very likely a(n) English variant of the name Ashley. See other suggested English baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Ashley.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Ashleigh and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Ashleigh: Boys - Girls - Blossom, Brenda, Chelsea, Daisy, Eartha, Eda, Gilda, Hayley, Holly, Hope, Both genders - Beverly, Courtney, Edith, Hazel, Ivy, Kimberly

Variants

The name Ashleigh is a variant of Ashley. Other popular variants of the name Ashley are: Ahshlee, Aishlee, Ashala, Ashalee, Ashalei, Ashaley, Ashien, Ashlea, Ashleay, Ashlee (English), Ashleigh (English), Ashlie (English), Ashly, Ashyle

Style

We think the name Ashleigh should fall under the following style category: The 70's.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Ashleigh to be: A professional woman with good tastes and values, but is quite shy

In one word, you might describe Ashleigh as a(n) "professional" person.

See other "professional" names for boys and girls.

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Famous persons

See the meaning of Ashley for names of some famous persons with the name Ashleigh or Ashley (or their variants).
Andrew (5)
Anthony (12)
Alexander (16)
Angel (45)
Aaron (49)
Aidan (54)
Adam (60)
Adrian (69)
Ashton (128)
Alan (137)
Adrien
Antunio
Ad
Averee
Albrecht
Aeddan
Arto
Abna
Augea
Aseh
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Abigail (5)
Ashley (7)
Anna (21)
Ava (33)
Alexandra (38)
Amanda (47)
Amber (71)
Autumn (80)
Ariana (83)
Audrey (84)
Alyna
Ashlea
Arita
Allisan
Ariane
Annslea
Ailec
Amabel
Alinna
Annaelle
Girl names of similar style (The 70's)

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Popular English girl names

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