I think the Irish name
Aislinn or
Aisling is a wonderful name with such a poetic meaning (dream, vision). I prefer this spelling but
Ashlyn as a more phonetic spelling is fine too.
If I see it as just a variation of
Ashley it is not as great. Funny, isn't it?
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson,
Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (
Edith Södergran 1891-1923)