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View Surname: Ainsley


AINSLEY
SOURCE: Location
USAGE: Scottish
Meaning & History
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 "woodland, clearing".
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