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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Ash tree; for girl or boy

Family name origins & meanings

  • English form of the French name Asselin. This is found in medieval England, from the Anglo-Norman French personal name Asceline. In 19th-century VT, the process took place all over again, with conversion of French Canadian Asselin into Ashline.

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