Ashleigh is the feminine form of the Old English name Ashley, which means "dweller near the ash tree forest". It is most common in the United States and United Kingdom.

Notable people

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* Ashleigh Ball (born 1983), Canadian voice actress *

Ashleigh Ball (field hockey) Ashleigh Julia Ball (born 25 March 1986 in Brighton) is a field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hock ...

(born 1986), British field hockey player *

Ashleigh Banfield Ashleigh Dennistoun Banfield (born December 29, 1967) is a Canadian-American journalist and host of ''Banfield'' on the NewsNation network. She is a former host of ''Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield'' and ''Early Start'' on CNN. Education ...

(born 1967), Canadian-American journalist * Ashleigh Barty (born 1996), Australian tennis player * Ashleigh Baxter (born 1991), Irish rugby union footballer *

Ashleigh Brazill Ashleigh Brazill (born 29 December 1989 in Campbelltown, New South Wales) is an Australian netball and AFL Women's player, playing both sports concurrently for Collingwood Football Club. She has played for the West Coast Fever and New South Wa ...

(born 1989), Australian netball player *

Ashleigh Brennan Ashleigh Jade Brennan (born 18 January 1991) is an Australians, Australian former gymnast who was on the Australia Gymnastics Artistic Women's National Team. She participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing sixth in the team event. She w ...

(born 1991), Australian gymnast *

Ashleigh Brewer Ashleigh Mary Brewer (born 9 December 1990) is an Australian actress. She had a recurring role in ''The Sleepover Club'', before she joined the cast of '' H2O: Just Add Water''. Brewer played the role of Kate Ramsay in the long-running Australi ...

(born 1990), Australian actress * Ashleigh Brilliant (born 1933), English author *

Ashleigh Buch Ashleigh Buch (born October 19, 1984) is a United States Air Force instructor, ultimate player, and transgender woman. She was the first out transgender airman to work at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska, and transitioned under the Obama ad ...

(born 1984), American soldier *

Ashleigh Buhai Ashleigh Ann Buhai ( née Simon, born 11 May 1989) is a South African professional golfer, who won the 2022 Women's Open, one of the major championships in women's golf. Amateur career Buhai had a successful amateur career. She was the youn ...

(born 1989), South African golfer

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* Ashleigh Clare-Kearney (born 1986), American gymnast * Ashleigh Connor (1989–2011), Australian footballer * Ashleigh Cummings (born 1992), Australian actress

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Ashleigh Dallas Ashleigh Dallas is an Australian country music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Life and career Early life Ashleigh Dallas was born in Tamworth, NSW. Her father, Brett Dallas is a Golden Guitar winner and producer and her grandfat ...

(born 1994), Australian singer-songwriter

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* Ashleigh Francis (born 1988), Australian model

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Ashleigh Gardner Ashleigh Katherine Gardner (born 15 April 1997) is an Australian cricketer who currently plays for the national women's team as an all-rounder. A right-handed batter and right-arm off spinner, Gardner also plays for New South Wales in the Wome ...

(born 1997), Australian cricketer *

Ashleigh Gillon Ashleigh Gillon is an Australian journalist. Gillon currently works on Sky News Australia. Career Early in her career, Gillon worked at a radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada before joining Sky News Australia in 2004, serving a ...

, Australian journalist *

Ashleigh Gnat Ashleigh Marie Gnat (born November 13, 1994, in Altamonte Springs, Florida) is an American collegiate gymnast. She has competed for the Louisiana State University gymnastics team since 2014. Gnat coached as an assistant coach at Penn State in 20 ...

(born 1994), American gymnast *

Ashleigh Gray Ashleigh Gray is a Scottish Actress and Musical Theatre performer best known for playing Elphaba in the London and UK & Ireland touring productions of ''Wicked''. Early life Gray was born in Fife, Scotland and educated at Newbattle Communi ...

, Scottish actress *

Ashleigh Guest Ashleigh Guest (born 10 April 1990) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for Greater Western Sydney, Melbourne, and the Western Bulldogs in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Guest was drafted by the Greater Western Sydney Giants with their ...

(born 1990), Australian rules footballer *

Ashleigh Gunning Sarah Ashleigh Gunning (born April 25, 1985) is an American retired soccer forward who most recently played for Kvarnsvedens IK in the 2012–2013 seasons. She previously played for Norwegian club Arna-Bjørnar in the Toppserien, Adelaide Unite ...

(born 1985), American soccer player

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Ashleigh Harrington Ashleigh Harrington (born ) is a Canadian actress. She is the star of ''The Girls on Film'' and can also be seen in the second season of the BBC America series, ''Copper'', the Netflix TV series ''Hemlock Grove'', '' Black Friday'' and ''Let the G ...

(born 1989), Canadian actress *

Ashleigh Hewson Ashleigh Hewson (born 18 December 1979) is a female rugby union player that plays for . She has been a member of the Wallaroos squad to three World Cups, the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup that finished in third place, the 2014 Women's Rugby World ...

(born 1979), Australian rugby union footballer

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Ashleigh Isenbarger Ashleigh Isenbarger (née Grant; born 15 May 1997) is an Australian professional basketball player who last played for the Perth Lynx of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). Basketball career Early years (2012–2015) Isenbarger made ...

(born 1997), Australian basketball player

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* Ashleigh Johnson (born 1994), American water polo player

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Ashleigh Karaitiana Ashleigh Karaitiana (born 26 June 1992) is a New Zealand and Australian professional basketball player. College Karaitiana played college basketball at the University of Hawaii for the Rainbow Wahine in Honolulu, Hawaii. In her last year Karai ...

(born 1992), New Zealand-Australian basketball player

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Ashleigh Lynch Ashleigh Aaron Lynch (born 28 April 1990) is an English cricketer. Lynch is a right-handed Batsman (cricket), batsman who bowls right-arm Seam bowling, Fast. He was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire and was educated at John Port School ...

(born 1990), English cricketer

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Ashleigh McConnell Ashleigh Kate McConnell, (born 26 March 1996) is a limb deficient Paralympic swimmer of Australia. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where she won gold medals in freestyle relay events. Pers ...

(born 1996), Australian Paralympic swimmer *

Ashleigh McIvor Ashleigh McIvor DeMerit (born September 15, 1983) is a Canadian retired freestyle skier currently residing in Whistler, British Columbia. McIvor was a member of the Canadian national ski cross team and became the first gold medal winner of women ...

(born 1983), Canadian skier * Ashleigh Moolman (born 1985), South African cyclist *

Ashleigh Aston Moore Ashleigh Aston Moore (November 13, 1981 – December 10, 2007) was an American child actress, known for playing Chrissy in the 1995 film ''Now and Then (film), Now and Then''. Life and career Born Ashley Rogers in Sunnyvale, California, Sunnyv ...

(1981–2007), Canadian actress *

Ashleigh Murray Ashleigh Monique Murray (born January 18, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She portrayed Josie McCoy, the lead singer of the band Josie and the Pussycats, on the CW television series '' Riverdale''. Murray reprised this role in the '' Ri ...

(born 1988), American actress

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Ashleigh Nelson (disambiguation) Ashleigh Nelson is the name of: * Ashleigh Nelson (field hockey) Ashleigh Jayne Nelson (born 5 March 1987 in Narrogin) is an Australian hockey player, a striker for the Australia women's national field hockey team. Nelson made her internati ...

, multiple people *

Ashleigh Neville Ashleigh Neville (born 29 April 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur. Career Sporting Club Albion Neville began her career with her local club Spo ...

(born 1993), English footballer

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Ashleigh Pilbrow Ashleigh Gordon Pilbrow (1 July 1912 – 2 May 1995) was an English Track and field athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Barnet and died in Beaulieu, Hampshire. He studied at Queen's College, Oxfor ...

(1912–1995), English athlete *

Ashleigh Fay Pittaway Ashleigh Fay Pittaway (born 23 May 2000 in Munich) is a former German-British skeleton racer who competed on the Skeleton World Cup and Europe Cup circuits. She started racing in 2011 in Germany while a student, and joined the national team in ...

(born 2000), German-British skeleton racer *

Ashleigh Plumptre Ashleigh Megan Plumptre (born 8 May 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Leicester City in the English Women's Super League and the Nigeria national team. Formerly an England youth international, she made her seni ...

(born 1998), English footballer

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* Ashleigh Rainey, Northern Irish lawn bowler *

Ashleigh Riddell Ashleigh Riddell (born 7 March 1996) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. Riddell is a dual AFL Women's All-Australian and won the North Melbourne best and fa ...

(born 1996), Australian rules footballer *

Ashleigh Rondón Ashleigh Rondón (born 30 December 1998) is an American-raised Dominican footballer who plays as a forward for college team East Texas Baptist Tigers and the Dominican Republic women's national team. Early life Rondón was raised in Carrollto ...

(born 1998), American soccer player *

Ashleigh Shelby Rosette Ashleigh Shelby Rosette is an American management and organizations scholar. She is the Senior Associate Dean of Executive MBA and Non-Degree Programs at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. Early life and education Shelby Rosette was born ...

, American academic administrator *

Ashleigh Ross Ashleigh Ross aka Ashi Ross is an Australian actress, dancer and model. Ross was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. Although she mainly spent her time in dance, she loved to model and act and at age five she landed a two-page spread in Parent ...

(born 2000), Australian actress

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Ashleigh Shanti Ashleigh Shanti (born circa 1991) is an American chef and sommelier. She is a freelance chef. Shanti specializes in African American foodways, including Black Appalachian cuisine. From 2018 until 2020 she was the chef de cuisine of ''Benne on E ...

(born 1991), American chef *

Ashleigh Shim Ashleigh Jerise Shim (born 11 November 1993) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for the Jamaica national team. She also holds British citizenship of the Cayman Islands. College career Shim played as a forward with FIU Panthers dur ...

(born 1993), Jamaican footballer *

Ashleigh Southern Ashleigh Southern (born 22 October 1992 in Ingham, Queensland) In water polo, she is a centre forward or outside shooter who has represented Australia on the junior and senior national teams. She won a gold medal at the 2009 Youth Olympic Fest ...

(born 1992), Australian water polo player *

Ashleigh Spencer Ashleigh Spencer (born 23 October 1992) is an Australian basketball player. Professional career College Spencer played college basketball at Hannibal–LaGrange University in Hannibal, Missouri. Playing for the HLGU Trojans in the National As ...

(born 1992), Australian basketball player * Ashleigh Sykes (born 1991), Australian footballer

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Ashleigh Udalovas Ashleigh Udalovas (born January 18, 1988) held the title of Miss New Jersey 2010 and competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was the 1st runner-up at the Miss New Jersey 2009 pageant and competed i ...

(born 1988), American model

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Ashleigh Vaughn Ashleigh Vaughn (born 17 May 1999) is a South African water polo player, and coach. She is a member of the South Africa women's national water polo team. She was part of the team in the women's water polo tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics, ...

(born 1999), South African water polo player

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Ashleigh Ward Ashleigh Ward (born 18 August 1994) is a New Zealand association footballer, who has represented the national team. At club level, she plays for Southampton in the English FA Women's Championship. She has previously played for Canterbury Uni ...

(born 1994), New Zealand footballer *

Ashleigh Weerden Ashleigh Joëlle Elisabeth Weerden (born 7 June 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Dutch Eredivisie club Ajax and the Netherlands national team. International career Weerden made her senior team debut for Nethe ...

(born 1999), Dutch footballer *

Ashleigh Whiffin Ashleigh Whiffin is an entomologist in the UK. She is a curator at the National Museum of Scotland and a specialist in carrion beetles (Silphidae). Education and career Whiffin studied BSc (Hons) in forensic science at the University of Derb ...

, English entomologist * Ashleigh Whitfield (born 1980), British broadcaster *

Ashleigh Woodland Ashleigh Woodland (born 9 September 1998) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Adelaide in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She previously played for Melbourne for one season before returning home to Adelaide. Woodland enjoyed a ...

(born 1998), Australian rules footballer

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Ashleigh Young Ashleigh Young (born 1983) is a poet, essayist, editor and creative writing teacher. She received the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in 2017 for her second book, a collection of personal essays titled ''Can You Tolerate This?'' which also won ...

(born 1983), New Zealand poet

Notable people with "Ashleigh" surname

* Charles Ashleigh (1892–1974), English activist * Dave Ashleigh (born 1943), American water polo player

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