Ainslie
A girls’ name of Scottish origin, meaning one's own island; Scottish place name.
Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Ainslie by the numbers
Ainslie was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 40 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ainslie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ainsleeone's own meadow; a form of Ainsley89 in the US (2017)
- Anslieone from Ansley; a form of Ansley11 in the US (2017)
- Ainsleyone's own meadow or solitary meadow908 in the US (2017)
- Ansleeone's own meadow; a modern respelling of Ainslee60 in the US (2017)
- Aislinvision, dream46 in the US (2017)
- Annsleecombination of Ann and Lee, grace and meadow32 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean an island
Like Ainslie, each of these has an island in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Islaisland; from the river Islay1,959 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evelynnisland; a variant spelling of Evelyn938 in the US (2017)
- Skyesky; the Isle of Skye214 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kelseyisland of the ship; a place name799 in the US (2017)
- Whitneywhite island; from a place name336 in the US (2017)
- Lindseylinden tree island; variant of Lindsey316 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ainslie
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