Ainsley
given name · Latin script
Meaning: person from Ansley, Warwickshire, or Annesley, Nottinghamshire
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/eɪnzli/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ainsley is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
person from Ansley, Warwickshire, or Annesley, Nottinghamshire
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ainsley is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Old English; 'a meadow or clearing'; also unisex
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In English, William de Anslee c1220 Black (Glasgow); Adam de Aynesleye, Thoraas de Ainslay 1357 ib. (Roxburgh), Putnam (Db); Adam Aynesley 1652 RothwellPR (Y). From Annesley (Notts), or Ansley (Warwicks).
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, A surname from Old English.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Bob Scottb. 1894AUnot in their usual nameAustralian rules footballer
- Ainsley Gottob. 1946AUAustralian political staffer (1946-2018)
- Ainsley Bennettb. 1954GBBritish sprinter
- Ainsley Harriottb. 1957GBBritish cook, television personality, author
- Ainsley Earhardtb. 1976USAmerican television host and author (born 1975/1976)
- Ainsley Battlesb. 1978USAmerican football player
- Ainsley Waughb. 1981JMJamaican sprinter
- Ainsley Howardb. 1983GBBritish actress
- Ainsley Baileyb. 1992USAmerican actress
- Ainsley Maitland-Nilesb. 1997GBEnglish association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 40 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 720 | #33,969 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 664 | #32,609 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 602 | #37,076 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of English Surnames (Reaney & Wilson, 1991) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Ainsley a male or female name?
- Ainsley is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Ainsley mean, and where does it come from?
- person from Ansley, Warwickshire, or Annesley, Nottinghamshire Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Ainsley?
- A machine transcription gives /eɪnzli/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Ainsley have the most bearers?
- Ainsley is most frequently recorded in the United States.
- What are other forms of the name Ainsley?
- In the etymology graph, Ainslee is a form of the same name in other languages.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ainsley”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.