Ashlee Simpson (born Ashlee Nicole Simpson on October 3, 1984) appeared in a commercial for Kohl's departments, was in an episode of "Malcolm in the Middle", appeared in the movie "The Hot Chick", and was also the character Cecilia, Simon Camden's girlfriend on the TV show "7th Heaven" from 2002 to 2004, until her singing career began.
Ashlee Simpson (now professionally known as Ashlee Simpson-Wentz after her marriage to Pete Wentz) was actually born Ashley Nicole Simpson. I'm not quite sure why she changed the spelling, but she did. To me, Ashlee seems even more masculine than Ashley. Lee, while occasionally used for girls as a middle name, is more often given as a first name to males (although there are a few exceptions). So the people who use this spelling to make the name seem more "feminine" aren't real geniuses.
This spelling actually makes the name Ashley pretty. But ASHLEE Simpson - DOUBLE EW!
-- Anonymous User 3/28/2006
Seems to like me a stupid way to modernize a perfectly good name. No offense to anyone who has it, unles you're Ashlee Simpson, in which case, I hate you.
Frankly I don't like the "ee" ending; it looks uneducated. I'm not terribly fond of the name "Ashley" in the first place, and would somebody please tell me why the "e" is pronounced as "ay" in other languages but "ee" in English? We English speakers are odd.
I think it's dumb trying to change the spelling of a "perfectly good" name. It doesn't make it more unique or anything, unless you do it because it looks nicer to you. (I dislike the name Ashley)
I hate this name as much as all the other versions of the name Ashley. My name is Ashley and it is annoying when people ruin names by making up other versions just to make it look more feminine. People need to get more hobbies.
-- Anonymous User 2/9/2007
This is bad and wrong in so many ways! 1. Last name used as first name for boys. 2. Name used for boys switched to name used for girls. 3. Name used in an huge trend. 4. Name spelled in an ugly and tacky way, apparently by someone who doesn't know how to spell. 5. Name used to continue trend by people who want to 'distinguish' their kid from the other zillion Ashleys or think it looks pretty. The names are essentially the same: they have the same meaning and pronunciation. Stupid spellings degrade names.
It looks very youthful and cutesy for a grown-up who wants to be taken seriously. All names ending in -lee have that problem to them, even though Lee is a name. It's basically because the ending -ley is not the same as the name Lee.