Comments for the name Ashley

Famous bearer: Actress Ashley Olsen, sister of Mary-Kate.

This name was used in Margaret Mitchell's famous novel about Civil War era Georgia _Gone With The Wind_. Ashley Wilkes was the man Scarlett pined for even though he was the polar opposite of her; he was honorable to a fault, without much gumption, and bookish.

Famous person -> Ashley Simpson.

Jessica Simpson's sister spells her name Ashlee, not Ashley.

Famous bearer Ashley Tisdale, who portrays Madeline "Maddie" Margaret Genevieve Miranda Catherine Fitzpatrick, (good night!) on Suite Life.

Two famous bearers are actresses Ashley Judd and Ashley Williams.

Ashley Cole (born 1980) is a male soccer player. He plays for Arsenal and the English national team.

In the late 80's and early 90's when Soap Opera's were much more popular than they are now, I think a lot of mothers got their name ideas from them. During that time there were two prominant characters on highest rated "The Young & the Restless" "Lauren & Ashley" - I think those characters contributed greatly to the wild popularity of those names, among others.

In the UK and Ireland, there are two characters from two British soap-operas, "Coronation Street" and "Emmerdale" called Ashley and they are both male! I don't think Ashley is a very popular name in Ireland, either for a boy or a girl!

On the show Degrassi the Next Generation there is a character named Ashley Kerwin.

Ashley Laurence is a talented American actress and a wonderful painter.

There was the not so famous (at least outside the UK) Ashley on the X Factor who mucked up his words and Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh, as well as the voting public, kicked him off the show.

Ashley Parker Angel is a popular (male) singer-songwriter, and is currently in the Broadway musical "Hairspray".

Ashley Marie Hanigan - main character in Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson
Ashley Putnam - main character in Tightrope by Gillian Cross

Ashley Greene is the actress that plays Alice Cullen in the Twilight movies.

Ashley J. Williams, more commonly known as Ash, is a famous male bearer. Played by Bruce Campbell, he was the star of the 'Evil Dead' trilogy.

US figure skater Ashley Wagner is a famous bearer. Wagner has won the US Bronze Medal twice and the Junior World Bronze twice. She was the first alternate for the 2010 Olympic team.

Ashley Cooper (b. 1936) is a former tennis player from Australia, who was World No. 1 in the late 1950s. 1958 was his big year where he became one of only ten men to date to win three of the four Grand Slam events in the same year - he won singles at the Australian, British, and American championships and was a semi-finalist at the French championship.

Ashley Wood (b. 1971) is an Australian comic book artist and illustrator who is well known for his cover art, concept design and his work as an art director.

Ashley Fisher (b. 1975) is an Australian tennis player. The right-handed doubles specialist reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 19 on 22 June 2009.

Ashley Callus (b. 1979) is an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He is of Maltese descent.

Ashley Harrison (b. 1981) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League.

Ashley Graham (b. 1984) is an Australian rugby league player for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League competition.

Every time I hear the name "Ashley" I think of the sketch from "All That" called "Ask Ashley" where after the announcer would say her name or she read "Dear Ashley" in a letter from a viewer she would point to herself and say "That's Meeeeeeee!"

Ashley Purdy is a graphic designer and bassist for American hard-rock band, Black Veil Brides.