Ashling: Meaning, Pronunciation and Origin
Ashling is an Irish girl's name meaning “vision, dream.” Here’s how to say it, where it comes from, and names that go well with it.
Updated September 2026
- Meaning
- Vision, dream
- Gender
- Girl
- Also spelled
- Aislin, Aislinn
How do you pronounce Ashling?
Ashling is pronounced ASH-ling. It has two syllables, with the stress on the first. Other spellings: Aislin and Aislinn.
What does Ashling mean?
From aislinge which means “a vision” or “a dream,” Aisling is the name given to a popular poetic genre from the 17th and 18th centuries in which Ireland is personified as a beautiful woman in peril. A very popular name in Ireland now.
How popular is Ashling in Ireland?
Ashling wasn't in the 2025 tables, which list names given to at least three babies. It was last recorded in 2021, when 4 baby girls got the name. It was most popular in 1990, when 91 baby girls were named Ashling, No. 76 that year. The most babies got the name in 1977: 95. The records go back to 1964, when 6 baby girls were given the name.
See the numbers by year
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | No. 764 |
| 2017 | 4 | No. 734 |
| 2016 | 4 | No. 750 |
| 2015 | 8 | No. 494 |
| 2014 | 3 | No. 876 |
| 2013 | 15 | No. 315 |
| 2012 | 16 | No. 317 |
| 2011 | 11 | No. 414 |
| 2010 | 14 | No. 356 |
| 2009 | 15 | No. 314 |
| 2008 | 17 | No. 291 |
| 2007 | 19 | No. 251 |
| 2006 | 15 | No. 272 |
| 2005 | 23 | No. 188 |
| 2004 | 14 | No. 257 |
| 2003 | 21 | No. 184 |
| 2002 | 19 | No. 197 |
| 2001 | 21 | No. 187 |
| 2000 | 20 | No. 179 |
| 1999 | 24 | No. 153 |
| 1998 | 18 | No. 185 |
| 1997 | 39 | No. 129 |
| 1996 | 50 | No. 107 |
| 1995 | 68 | No. 79 |
| 1994 | 59 | No. 99 |
| 1993 | 59 | No. 96 |
| 1992 | 56 | No. 106 |
| 1991 | 74 | No. 91 |
| 1990 | 91 | No. 76 |
| 1989 | 65 | No. 106 |
| 1988 | 69 | No. 99 |
| 1987 | 84 | No. 89 |
| 1986 | 75 | No. 94 |
| 1985 | 78 | No. 91 |
| 1984 | 86 | No. 91 |
| 1983 | 92 | No. 87 |
| 1982 | 70 | No. 116 |
| 1981 | 62 | No. 123 |
| 1980 | 53 | No. 144 |
| 1979 | 84 | No. 96 |
| 1978 | 85 | No. 92 |
| 1977 | 95 | No. 87 |
| 1976 | 93 | No. 91 |
| 1975 | 73 | No. 110 |
| 1974 | 49 | No. 149 |
| 1973 | 55 | No. 137 |
| 1972 | 30 | No. 180 |
| 1971 | 38 | No. 158 |
| 1970 | 29 | No. 171 |
| 1969 | 23 | No. 191 |
| 1968 | 10 | No. 250 |
| 1967 | 5 | No. 315 |
| 1964 | 6 | No. 274 |
Ashling in Ogham
Ogham is the oldest way of writing Irish. It was carved along the edges of standing stones, mostly between the 4th and 6th centuries, and read from the bottom up. In later tradition each letter was named after a tree or plant. Here’s Ashling, letter by letter.
- AAilm, pine
- SSail, willow
- HUath, hawthorn
- LLuis, rowan
- IIodhadh, yew
- NNion, ash
- GGort, ivy
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Names that go with Ashling
Questions about Ashling
- How do you pronounce Ashling?
- Ashling is pronounced ASH-ling. Two syllables, stress on the first.
- What does Ashling mean?
- Ashling means “vision, dream.”
- Is Ashling a girl's name or a boy's name?
- Ashling is a girl's name.