Paisley is both an English and Scottish surname and a given name derived from the surname. The name is rising in popularity in English speaking countries such as the United States, where it has ranked among the top 1,000 names for newborn girls since 2006 and has ranked among the top 50 names for girls in recent years. Spelling variants are also well-used. Notable people named Paisley include:

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Paisley Currah Paisley Currah is political scientist and author, known for his work on the transgender rights movement. His book, ''Sex Is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity'' (NYU Press, 2022) examines the politics of sex classification in the United ...

, Canadian transgender academic *

Paisley Wu Paisley Wu (; born 12 November 1971) is a Hong Kong singer and television presenter. She was first discovered by Tats Lau of Tat Ming Pair, and has released 3 albums and 1 EP since the start of her music career in the mid-90s. Since the 2000s, she ...

(born 1971), Hong Kong singer and television presenter

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Bob Paisley Robert Paisley OBE (23 January 1919 – 14 February 1996) was an English professional football manager and player who played as a wing-half. He spent almost 50 years with Liverpool and is regarded, due to his achievements with the club, ...

, English football manager * Brad Paisley (born 1972), American country singer *

Chris Paisley Christopher Samuel Paisley (born 24 March 1986) is an English professional golfer currently playing on the European Tour. In January 2018 he had his first win on the tour, the BMW SA Open. Amateur career Paisley played college golf at the Univer ...

(born 1986), English professional golfer *

David Paisley David Paisley (born 2 February 1979) is a Scottish actor, domestic violence and LGBTQIA+ rights campaigner, known for roles as midwife Ben Saunders in '' Holby City'', Ryan Taylor in '' Tinsel Town'' and Rory Murdoch in ''River City''. Some of ...

(born 1979), Scottish actor *

Doug Paisley Doug Paisley is a Canadian alternative country singer and songwriter with record label No Quarter Records. He was born in Toronto. Paisley's "What About Us?" was featured in Mojo magazine as part of a complimentary CD entitled ''New Harvest''. Pa ...

, Canadian folk singer *

Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's Eileen Emily Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's, Lady Bannside (''née'' Cassells; born 2 November 1931), is a Northern Irish Unionist politician, a vice-president of the Democratic Unionist Party, and the widow of Ian Paisley, Lord Bann ...

(born 1931), Northern Ireland politician *

Grégory Paisley Grégory Paisley (born 7 May 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. After his retirement in 2012, he started to work as a journalist for beIN Sport. While at Sochaux he played as they won the 2004 Coupe de ...

(born 1977), French footballer *

Ian Paisley Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, (6 April 1926 – 12 September 2014) was a Northern Irish loyalist politician and Protestant religious leader who served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 1971 to 2008 and First ...

(1926–2014), Northern Ireland politician and church leader *

Ian Paisley Jr Ian Richard Kyle Paisley Jr (born 12 December 1966) is a British unionist politician. He is a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Antrim since the 2010 general election. Previ ...

(born 1966), Northern Ireland politician, son of Ian Paisley * Jackie Paisley, American female bodybuilder *

Janet Paisley Janet Violet Paisley (12 January 1948 – 9 November 2018) was a writer, poet and playwright from Scotland, writing in Scots and English. Her work has been translated into German, Russian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Spanish, Hungarian, Ukrainian, I ...

(1948–2018), Scottish writer, poet and playwright *

John Paisley (actor) John Paisley (born 1938) is a Scottish actor working in China. Early life and acting career Paisley was born in Scotland in 1938. He graduated from Edinburgh College of Speech and Drama, followed by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and ...

, Scottish actor working in China * John Paisley (CIA officer), former CIA officer *

Kimberly Williams-Paisley Kimberly Payne Williams-Paisley (née Williams; born September 14, 1971) is an American actress known for her co-starring roles on ''According to Jim'' and ''Nashville,'' as well as her breakthrough performance in ''Father of the Bride'' (1991) ...

(born 1971), American actress * Michelle Paisley (born 1968), American author *

Rebecca Paisley Rebecca Boado Rosas is an American author of romance novels who wrote as Rebecca Paisley. Biography Boado began writing at a young age beginning with captivating letters to her grandmother and repugnant poems to her sister. She was inspired by ...

, American author *

Rhonda Paisley Rhonda Paisley (born 1960) is an author and former politician from Northern Ireland. She is the second daughter of the late Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader and Northern Ireland's former First Minister Ian Paisley and lives with her mother i ...

(born 1960), Northern Ireland author and politician *

Stephen Paisley Stephen Paisley (born 28 July 1983) is a former Irish professional football player. Paisley was a central defender. Career Early career Paisley played schoolboy football for Dublin sides St. Mochta's and Cherry Orchard before joining Englis ...

(born 1983), Irish professional football player * Una Paisley (1922-1977), Australian cricket player

Stage names

* Paisley (wrestler), Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman, American professional wrestler performing as "Paisley"

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