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Ashley vs Ashton - What's the difference?

ashley | ashton |

In given name|male|from=surnames terms the difference between ashley and ashton

is that ashley is transferred from the surname while ashton is transferred from the surname.

In given name|female|from=surnames terms the difference between ashley and ashton

is that ashley is transferred from the surname while ashton is .

As proper nouns the difference between ashley and ashton

is that ashley is a common english place name while ashton is a common place name in england.

ashley

English

Alternative forms

* Ashlee * Ashleigh * Ashlie

Proper noun

(s)
  • A common English place name.
  • derived from the places.
  • transferred from the surname.
  • * 1936 Margaret Mitchell: Gone With the Wind : Chapter III:
    • 'There now, Scarlett! You admit it is true. What would you be doing with a husband like Ashley ? 'Tis moonstruck they all are, all the Wilkes.'
  • transferred from the surname.
  • * 1999 Andrew Pyper: Lost Girls : Chapter Ten:
    • But when Krystal McConnell and Ashley Flynn were named deep in the heart of the '80s the thing was cuteness, feminine delicacy raised to an aesthetic paradigm. --- And everyone named according to a particular version of the pedigree fantasy. Ashley'' : transplanted Southern privilege, a destiny lying in sorority mixers and a marriage of health club memberships, state-of-the-art appliances and night courses in ''nouvelle cuisine .

    Usage notes

    * Ashley was originally a male given name, but since the sixties it has also been given to women, particularly in the US, where it was the top name for girls in 1991 and 1992.

    Anagrams

    * English unisex given names

    ashton

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (rare) Asheton * (rare) Assheton

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A common place name in England.
  • derived from the place names.
  • transferred from the surname.
  • .

    • References

    * U. S. Census Bureau genealogy name search based on 1990 census indicates 0.005% of population had the name "Ashton" as a surname, none had it as a male name, and 0.004% had it as a female given name. * Pareles, J. (2003, August 12). ROCK REVIEW; Still Wildly Gyrating After All These Years. New York Times . Retrieved May 23, 2006.

    External links

    * New York Times [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E0D91031F931A2575BC0A9659C8B63] * U.S. Census Bureau [http://www.census.gov]