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patrick | ashley |

As proper nouns the difference between patrick and ashley

is that patrick is while ashley is a common english place name.

patrick

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1594 William Shakespeare: Hamlet : Act I, Scene V :
  • Yes, by Saint Patrick , but there is, Horatio,
    And much offence, too.
  • * 1993 Roddy Doyle: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha : page 138:
  • - Are unusual names nice?
    - Yes.
    - Then why am I called Patrick ?
    She laughed but only for a little bit. She smiled at me, I think to make sure that I knew she wasn't laughing at me.
    - Because your daddy's called Patrick , she said.
    I liked that, being called after my da.
    - There are five Patricks in our class, I said.
    - Is that right?
    - Patrick' Clarke. That's me. '''Patrick''' O'Neill. '''Patrick''' Redmond. '''Patrick''' Genocci. ' Patrick Flynn.
    - That's a lot, she said. - It's a nice name. Very dignified.
    - Three of them are called Paddy, I told her. - One Pat and one Patrick .

    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.