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Ashleah
How to Pronounce Ashleah
Pronounced ASH-lee-uh /ΛΓ¦Κ.li.Ι/Medium
Meaning: Ashleah is a decorative spelling of Ashley, the English place and family name from Old English words for a meadow or clearing among the ash trees. The added -ah softens the ending to three syllables while keeping the woodland meaning of the original.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Ashleah is a variant spelling of Ashley, an English surname from Old English roots meaning a clearing among ash trees. During Ashley's enormous rise in the nineteen-eighties, elaborated forms like Ashleah drew a handful of families who wanted the sound with a gentler close. The name keeps Ashley's rooted, leafy meaning throughout.
Ashleah was always uncommon, given to only about twenty girls a year at its mid-nineteen-eighties peak. A girl named Ashleah then is in her forties today.
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What does the name Ashleah mean?
It is a respelling of Ashley, an English surname meaning a clearing among ash trees.
How do you pronounce Ashleah?
It is said ASH-lee-uh, three syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Ashleah a boy or girl name?
Ashleah is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Ashleah?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the mid-nineteen-eighties.