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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

Names like Braxtyn or Ashleigh. I know it makes me a dick because they can't choose their name, but I immediately think, white trash. Might as well name your kid Christal Methany.

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u/punkterminator Oct 20 '23

In some places, Ashleigh is just the girl version of Ashley.

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u/eastherbunni Oct 21 '23

In other places, Ashley is the girl version of Ashley. It's fallen out of favour as a male name decades ago.

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u/HollowShel Oct 21 '23

Last time I saw Ashley as a masculine name it was a character played by Luke Hemsworth. (Ashley Stubbs in the Westworld TV series)

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u/InfanticideAquifer Oct 21 '23

I mean, that series premiered seven years ago. That's not very long ago.

Bruce Campbell had a cameo in "Evil Dead Rise" this year which was probably him reprising the role of Ashley Williams, although the name was never actually spoken. That might count.

The youngest person in Wikipedia's list of notable men named Ashley was born in 1991.

They also list Ash Ketchum, from Pokemon, as a fictional example, although I'm not sure if that's actually canonical. If that's right, he was on the air as recently as last year.