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Ashleigh - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ashleigh

[ syll. as-hlei-(g)(h), ash-le-igh ] The boy name Ashleigh is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is AE-SHL-AY- KEY. Ashleigh is used chiefly in the English language and its origin is Old English. Ashleigh is a variant spelling of the name Ashley (English).

Ashleigh is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Ashleigh has in the past century been predominantly given to girls.

Baby names that sound like Ashleigh include Aakil (Urdu), Acel (English), Achill (English and German), Ahkeel (Arabic and English), Akeel (Arabic and English), Akil (Arabic and English), Aksel (Scandinavian), Ashley (English), Ashlie (English), Askil (Scandinavian), Axel (German, Scandinavian, and English), Axell (English), Azul (Spanish), Achille (French and Italian), Acquila (English), Acquilla (English), Akseli (Finnish), Aquila (English), Aquilla (English), and Asael (Hebrew).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Ashleigh: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)"


 
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