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AINSLEY

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Scottish, English (Modern)

Pronounced: AYNZ-lee   [key]

From a surname which was from a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. The place names themselves mean either "Anne's field" or "hermitage field" from Old English ansetl "hermitage" and leah "field".
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