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Ainsley is really cute in my opinion, for a boy or girl.

I really like it! Good job. Are you considering any other names?

Ainsley is a fine old Scottish boy's name. I hate to see it being turned into a girl's name, sorry. The pool of boy names is continually shrinking. There are so many wonderful girl's names out there. Do none of them strike your fancy? How about Ailsa or Eirlys ("EHR-liss")?

I think it's a beautiful name. Always did.

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Actually, I like Ashley a lot, but there are platoons of them, so Ainsley would be my choice.

It sounds harsh in my opinion. This is one name I've never been able to warm up too, it doesnt roll off the toungue super well.

At one point, this was my sister's favorite name for a girl. By the time she had children several years later, however, she had changed her mind about it, and thus I have no niece named Ainsley.

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I don't like it much. I find it difficult to say. It doesn't trip off the tongue too easily. It's like it's a mental effort to pronounce it, at least for me.

I don't really like it because it has such a preppy, upbeat, girly, cheerleadery feel. But it's not a bad name and it's a wonderful alternative to some similar sounding popular names. I'd love to see it used.

This message was edited 11/20/2009, 5:18 AM

I really like this name, and don't think that anyone would have any pronounciation problems, etc. I get that it is sort of a "harsh" sounding name, sort of like Sloane, which I actually don't mind, but paired with a classic, beautiful mn a girl would be fine. Ainsley Elizabeth or Ainsley Rose sound very elegant and sophisticated.

Most people on here don't care for it, but I absolutely LOVE it. It's a bit of a guilty pleasure, and doesn't quite fit my normal style, but for some reason I think it's really cute. It's got spunk!

To me it says male, black, British TV chef. Nice guy, nice food too, but I wouldn't use it for a girl. Is it perhaps a family surname? If so, why not use it as a mn and find a fn that sounds good with it and your ln?

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Another problem might be confusion with names like Anneli and Anneliese. You don't want her to spend her whole life explaining ...

Hm. I wouldn't use it myself, but it would be interesting to meet someone with this name. It's uncommon and not to hard to say. I would probably use it as a mn.