Ainsworth (surname)

Ainsworth is a surname with its origins in the Northwest of England. The origin of the word Ainsworth is from the Anglo-Saxon word 'worth' meaning an 'Enclosure', 'Ain' probably having been someone's name..

There is a village called Ainsworth near Bolton.

Notable people

 * Alf Ainsworth, (1913–1975), English football player
 * Bob Ainsworth (born 1952), British politician and MP
 * Charles Ainsworth (politician) (1874–1956), British businessman and politician
 * Charles Ainsworth (footballer) (1885–1955), English footballer
 * David M. Ainsworth (1954–2019), American farmer and politician
 * Dorothy Sears Ainsworth (1894–1976), American physical educator
 * Dylan Ainsworth (born 1992), Canadian football player
 * Edgar Ainsworth (artist) (1905–1975), British artist
 * Ellen Ainsworth, US Army Nurse Corps officer
 * Gareth Ainsworth (born 1973), English football player
 * Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth (1905–1998), English mycologist
 * George Ainsworth (1878–1950), Australian meteorologist, explorer and public servant
 * Harrison Ainsworth (1888–1965), British newspaper editor
 * Henry Ainsworth (1571–1622), English nonconformist clergyman and scholar
 * John C. Ainsworth (1822–1893), American pioneer businessman and steamboat owner in Oregon
 * Kacey Ainsworth (born 1968), English actress
 * Kathryn Ainsworth, Australian netball player
 * Kurt Ainsworth (born 1978), American baseball player
 * Leonard Ainsworth (born c. 1923), Australian businessman
 * Laban Ainsworth (1757–1858), American clergyman and pastor
 * Leonora Ainsworth (1894–1985), American screenwriter for silent movies
 * Lexi Ainsworth (born 1992), American actress
 * Lionel Ainsworth (born 1987), English footballer
 * Lisa Ainsworth, American plant physiologist
 * Mary Ainsworth (1913–1999), American-Canadian developmental psychologist
 * Paul Ainsworth (born 1979), British chef
 * Peter Ainsworth (Bolton MP) (1790–1870), British politician
 * Peter Ainsworth (1956–2021), British politician
 * Ralph Ainsworth (1875–1952), British major-general
 * Robert Ainsworth (lexicographer) (1660–1743), English Latin lexicographer
 * Roger Ainsworth (1951–2019), British engineer and academic
 * Ron Ainsworth (1924–2000), Australian rugby league player
 * Seymour Ainsworth (1821–1890), American businessman
 * Sidney Ainsworth (1872–1922), British actor
 * Stewart Ainsworth (born 1951), British archaeologist
 * Walden L. Ainsworth (1886–1960), American admiral
 * William Francis Ainsworth (1807–1896), English traveller and geographer, cousin to William Harrison
 * William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882), English historical novelist

Fictional

 * Cassandra Ainsworth, character in the television series Skins, portrayed by Hannah Murray
 * Elias Ainsworth, one of the main characters of the manga The Ancient Magus' Bride