Last name: AINSLEY
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AINSLEY : This last name is indexed 12,208 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
AINSLEY : English: habitational name from Annesley Nottinghamshire or Ansley Warwickshire the former of which is probably derived from the personal name An + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The latter is probably from Old English ānsetl ‘hermitage’ + lēah. See Ansley and compare Scottish Ainslie.
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