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 (born 1967), Canadian-American journalist * Ashleigh Barty (born 1996), Australian tennis player *

Ashleigh Baxter Ashleigh Orchard (formerly Baxter) (born 21 December 1991) is an Irish female rugby union player and coach. She has made 87 appearances for Ireland Sevens in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, and represented Ireland at the Women's Rugby W ...

(born 1991), Irish rugby union footballer * Ashleigh Brazill (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 (born 1984), American soldier * Ashleigh Buhai (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 (born 1997), Australian cricketer * Ashleigh Gillon, Australian journalist * Ashleigh Gnat (born 1994), American gymnast * Ashleigh Gray, Scottish actress * Ashleigh Guest (born 1990), Australian rules footballer * Ashleigh Gunning (born 1985), American soccer player

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* Ashleigh Harrington (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 (born 1992), New Zealand-Australian basketball player

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* Ashleigh Lynch (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 (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 (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 Ashleigh Rainey (born 28 April 1985) is a Northern Irish international Bowls, lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Ashleigh has played for Ireland both indoors and outdoors. In 2019, she won the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Cham ...

, Northern Irish lawn bowler * Ashleigh Riddell (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 (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 (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 Ashleigh Whitfield (born 15 March 1980) is a British continuity announcer for BBC One and BBC Two, employed by BBC and based at Media City in Manchester and Broadcast Centre in White City, London. Whitfield was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and ...

(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 Dave Ashleigh (born August 8, 1943) is an American water polo player. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of ...

(born 1943), American water polo player

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashleigh (Given Name) English given names