I’m looking for a name that will honor my sister, who has always been there for me. Her name is [name_u]Ashley[/name_u]. If my son/daughter is a boy I like [name_m]Ransom[/name_m] or [name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m] for his first name, and if it’s a girl I like [name_f]Georgia[/name_f] or [name_u]Mason[/name_u] for her first name. I am looking for some combos and I’d love some suggestions.
For boys:
[name_m]Asher[/name_m]
[name_u]Ashten[/name_u]
Ashwin
[name_u]Ash[/name_u]
[name_u]Ashby[/name_u]
Ashford
For girls:
[name_u]Ashley[/name_u]
[name_u]Ashtyn[/name_u]
Ashland
[name_f]Ashira[/name_f]
I’m an [name_u]Ashley[/name_u], and if one of my siblings were looking for a more interesting honor name, I would hope they’d use [name_f]Aislinn[/name_f]. I love the sound, and that it means “dream” (probably helps that I’m a total dreamer lol). I think [name_u]Ashby[/name_u] and [name_m]Asher[/name_m] are cute for a boy (or even [name_u]Ashley[/name_u]! I would totally put [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] back on the boys’ side, but then again, [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] started out as a boys’ name in our family and my parents switched genders for me). Or even another tree name, like [name_m]Birch[/name_m], [name_u]Oak[/name_u] ([name_u]Oakley[/name_u]?), [name_u]Cedar[/name_u], etc., since [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] means “ash-tree meadow”. I’d also get inventive with [name_m]George[/name_m], since [name_m]George[/name_m] Mueller, an English man, ran an orphanage named [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] Down in the 1800s entirely by faith and prayer. As a religious person, I love that tie to my name!
There’s also just [name_u]Ash[/name_u], [name_f]Asha[/name_f], [name_u]Ashton[/name_u] (which could be a gender-bender, although I wouldn’t do [name_u]Mason[/name_u] [name_u]Ashton[/name_u] for a girl), Joash (a king in the Bible), and I don’t know how namey it is, but I wrote a story once where an Ashland “[name_u]Ash[/name_u]” was the main character, and I still have a soft spot for that name, although I’d be much more likely to use [name_f]Aislinn[/name_f]/[name_f]Ashlyn[/name_f] personally.
Good luck!