Ashton
[ˈæʃtən]Meaning
from an English surname and place name meaning "ash tree town" in Old English
Background Story
Ashton comes from the English surname Ashton, which is derived from a place name meaning "ash tree town" in Old English. It was a rare masculine name until the 1980s, when it gradually became more common for both genders, and in America it was given more often to girls than boys from 1986 to 1997 after the character Ashton Main appeared in the 1985 miniseries North and South. Since then it has been overwhelmingly masculine again.
Variations
Ashtyn, Ashten
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