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Good luck!

I have an Aussie cousin called Ainsley. We've never met, but for years there was always a Christmas card from her family with this really unusual name in it - little me assumed it was an Australian name, & I think it might have been popular there at the time? So anyway, yup, for me it works fine as a girl's name, although it's nms.

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Ainsley Julia (I think that's her mn) or maybe Juliet
Ainsley Victoria
Ainsley Elena
Ainsley May
Ainsley Isobel
Ainsley Eve
Ainsley Francesca
Ainsley Wren

I actually like Ainsley. The only thing I’m kind of worried about is that it sounds like “anally”. Some combos I thought of:
Ainsley Margaret
Ainsley Catherine
Ainsley Pearl
Ainsley Rachael
Ainsley Diana

I really dislike on a male and feel just the same about it on a girl. For me it's a combination of two ugly sounds.If I had to use it I'd want to pair of with something more obviously a given name

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Ainsley Charlotte
Ainsley Caroline
Ainsley Alice
Winslet Lucinda

Ainsley Willow
Ainsley Rhiannon
Ainsley Guinevere
Ainsley Shireen
Ainsley Isla
Ainsley Rosalind

Ainslie Jude - not sure why I even like this tbh but I love the sound
Ainslie Eleanor
Ainslie Lumi
Ainslie Rosabel
Ainslie Hazeline
Ainslie Desiree
Ainslie Helen

Honestly it seems surname enough to me that it falls in easily with all the other -let names that are used on girls. John had a friend, a girl, named Ainsley in our last city. She would be almost 4.

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Ainsley Temperance
Ainsley Virginia
Ainsley Ceridwen
Ainsley Dolores
Ainsley Georgina
Ainsley Jocasta
Ainsley Lourdes

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If I had to do a boy Ainsley Alaric

It’s not a favorite but I do get the appeal of it. To me it conjures about imagery of autumn, bright orange leaves and chilly gray mornings. A real person named Ainsley would be friendly and bubbly and athletic.

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For a combo I would go with Ainsley Carine.

Ainsley Willow or Ainsey Eden

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I used to love this name. It has always struck me as feminine, I cannot imagine this on a man. Don't care for it either way, though.

I've only ever known two people with the name and both were women that went to my college. Because of those associations, it's hard for me to see it as a name for a man.

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Middles (sorry for repeats):
Ainsley Adele
Ainsley Carine
Ainsley Caroline
Ainsley Claire
Ainsley Estelle
Ainsley Giselle
Ainsley Josephine
Ainsley Joy
Ainsley Juliet
Ainsley Lucille
Ainsley Maeve
Ainsley Margot
Ainsley Victoria

I used to be friends with a girl called Aynsley! Not my favourite name, but it grows on you.

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What do you think about Ainsley Mairead?

I just think of the chef Ainsley Harriott.

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It's so nasally that I really dislike it on either gender.

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Ainsley Harriet (I joke, I joke)
Ainsley Maria
Ainsley Olivia
Ainsley Paige
Ainsley Rhiannon
Ainsley Demetria
Ainsley Justine
Ainsley Francesca
Ainsley Amandine
Ainsley Cora
Ainsley Eve
Ainsley Miranda
Ainsley Veronica
Ainsley Winona
Ainsley Beth
Ainsley June
Ainsley Adele
Ainsley Fiona

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Eta: Ainsley Robin

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Life or death situation I'd call her Ainsley Justine 'AJ'. I really like AJ on a girl. It's ot the unisex factor I dislike, I really dislike the sound of Ainsley!

This message was edited 3/31/2018, 4:05 PM

I don't like it. I don't like the sound-- I was going to say I don't like the ayn sound but I have Zayn on my list. But I think ayn combined with zlee is just uck. For a boy too. Bleh all around. I'm not opposed to unisex (I think name trends are heading that way), but this one is nms. I think it sounds more feminine than masculine though.

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If I had to use it...

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Ainsley Lenore
Ainsley Sunaina
Ainsley Cerys

Well, the first time I encountered this name was a girl named Ainslie, so it’s always trended feminine or completely unisex to me.

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Most of the classic short middle names would sound great...

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Ainslie Jade
Ainslie Skye
Ainslie Rose
Ainslie Joy
Ainslie Hope

This message was edited 3/31/2018, 3:46 PM

This is one of my least favorite names for either gender... the 'ain' sound is just awful to me and it sounds trendy/made up (I know it has legitimate history, but the -sley ending reminds me of made up names like Tinsley etc). If it was a life or death situation, I'd probably go with something like Ainslie Alice and call her Alice! Not sure if that's cheating though haha

I've only ever heard it as a girls' name.

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I don't like the sound. The meaning is okay.

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I would pick a middle that resonates with the meaning, to me, because that's what I like about it.

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Ainsley Khione
Ainsley Halcyon
Ainsley Frida
Ainsley Raina
Ainsley Ventura
Ainsley Miranda
Ainsley Jessamine
Ainsley Oreithyia
Ainsley Eliora
Ainsley Elowen

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I'll go with Ainsley Ventura for now.

Ainsley Rebecca Faith is what comes to mind first, but I'm sure I can think of more interesting ones. lol