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Ainsley
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: AYNZ-lee(English)
From an English surname that was from a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. The place names themselves derive from Old English anne "alone, solitary" or ansetl "hermitage" and leah "woodland, clearing".

In America, this name received a boost of popularity in 2000 when a character bearing it began appearing on the television series The West Wing.

Aniketos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ανίκητος(Greek) Ἀνίκητος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-NEE-KEH-TOS(Classical Greek)
Greek form of Anicetus.
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