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 [ 2 syll. as-(h)ton, ash-t-on ] The boy name Ashton is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is AESHTahN KEY. Ashton is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is Old English. The name is of the meaning ash tree town. From the elements 'aesc' meaning ash ; 'tun' meaning town, settlement, homestead. The first name is derived from the surname, which is itself from a place name. Ash (English), Ashe (English), and Ashtin (English) are variants of Ashton. Ashton is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also considered fairly trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1980s. At the recent peak of its usage in 2004, 0.257% of baby boys were given the name Ashton. Its ranking then was #76. In 2008, its usage was 0.162% and its ranking #121, and it was the most widely used out of all boy names in its group. There were times from 1986 to 1997 that the name Ashton was given more often to girls, but it is more popular as a boy name today. In 2005, boys named Ashton outnumbered girls by 12 times. Baby names that sound like Ashton include Ajdin (Slavic), Ashtin (English), Aston (English), Austen (English), Austin (English and German), Austyn (English), Awstin (Welsh), Eistein (Scandinavian), Ogdan (English), Ogden (English), Ogdon (English), Ostin (English), Agatón (Spanish), Agoston (Hungarian), Agustin (Spanish), Agustín (Spanish), Aktaion (Greek), Augustin (Czech, English, French, German, and Romanian), Augustine (English), and Augustín (Czech and Slavic). A famous person named Ashton is Ashton Kutcher, Actor, born Christopher Ashton Kutcher, 7 February 1978, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. KEY: Pronunciation for Ashton: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
