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Ainsley (M)>

Ainsley (male)

Can be spelt:Ainslee (M)
Feminine form:Ainsley (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Scottish and English, derived from the surname.  Occasionally feminine.

Ainsley is the surname of an ancient and powerful Borders family from which the male and the rare female forenames are derived. The derivation of the name is unclear. It might be from habitation names in Old English for "one wood or clearing" or "a habitation in a wood/clearing".