Ainsley

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

• A. C. de Zoysa (1923–1983), Sri Lankan criminal lawyer
• Ainsley Battles (born 1978), American football player
• Ainsley Bennett (born 1954), British sprinter
• Ainsley Earhardt (born 1978), American television news anchor
• Ainsley Gardiner, film producer from New Zealand
• Ainsley Gotto (1946–2018), Australian businesswoman
• Ainsley Hall (born 1972), Cayman Islands cricketer
• Ainsley Hamill, Scottish singer
• Ainsley Harriott (born 1957), English television chef
• Ainsley Howard, English actress
• 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

Surname

See also

• Ainley, a surname
• All pages with titles beginning with Ainsley
• All pages with titles containing Ainsley
• 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

References

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