Meaning & Origin
A female given name from Irish.
Ashlyn is a girl's and boy's baby name of Irish origin, a modern anglicization of the Irish Aisling, from the Old Irish word for "dream" or "vision." Aisling poems were a distinctive Irish literary form in which a vision of Ireland appears as a beautiful woman.
With nearly 48,000 U.S. births recorded, Ashlyn has been a sustained American favorite since the 1990s. Its Irish roots give it genuine cultural depth, while its familiar Ash- beginning and the flowing -lyn ending make it immediately accessible and appealing to modern American parents.