Ainsley

Ainsley (also spelt Ainsleigh) is both a unisex given name and a surname and place name. It is derived from words meaning hermitage and clearing.

Notable people with the name include:

Men

 * Ainsley Battles (born 1978), American football player
 * Ainsley Bennett (born 1954), British sprinter
 * Ainsley Hall (born 1972), Cayman Islands cricketer
 * Ainsley Harriott (born 1957), English television chef
 * Ainsley Maitland-Niles (born 1997), English footballer
 * Ainsley Waugh (born 1981), Jamaican sprinter
 * Ainsley Melham (born 1991), Australian actor
 * Ainsley Iggo (1924–2012), Scottish neurophysiologist
 * Ainsley Robinson, Canadian wrestler
 * A. C. de Zoysa (1923–1983), Sri Lankan criminal lawyer

Women

 * Ainsley Earhardt (born 1978), American television news anchor
 * Ainsley Gardiner, film producer from New Zealand
 * Ainsley Gotto (1946–2018), Australian businesswoman
 * Ainsley Howard, English actress
 * Ainsley Hamill, Scottish singer

Ainsleigh

 * Daniel Ainsleigh (born 1976), English actor and acting coach

Ainsley

 * George Ainsley (1915–1985), English footballer and manager
 * Jack Ainsley (born 1990), English footballer
 * Jacqui Ainsley (born 1981), English model
 * John Mark Ainsley (born 1963), English opera singer
 * William Ainsley (1898–1976), English coal miner and politician