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The boy's name Ashton \a-sh-

, also used as girl's name Ashton, is pronounced ASH-ten. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Ashton is "ash tree town". Surname used as a given name. Occurs occasionally as a boys' name in England from the 1600s, but now it is used mainly for girls, perhaps due to the vogue for Ashley. Choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton; museum executive Ashton Hawkins; actor Ashton Kutcher.

Ashton has 6 variant forms: Ash, Ashford, Ashtin, Ashtun, Assheton and Aston.

For more information, see also the related name Ashby.

A baby name that sounds like Ashton is Achidan.

Ashton is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#2432 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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