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Ainley


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Origin Of The Surname Ainley

Meaning Of The Surname Ainley

From the Isolated Wood

Interesting Facts About Ainley

Ainley is a locational surname coming from any of the places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself comes from the Old English word ‘ansetl’ which is said to mean isolated, and ‘leah’ meaning a wood.

Ainley Statistics

Ainley is the number 1698 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 6,259 share the surname Ainley in the UK.

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