Meaning and Origin
What does the name Ash mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- According to 2 people from Florida, U.S., the name Ash is of Irish origin and means "The tree or residue of fire".
- A user from Virginia, U.S. says the name Ash is of English origin and means "ash tree".
- According to a user from Virginia, U.S., the name Ash means "Ashes and fire".
- According to a user from Pennsylvania, U.S., the name Ash is of English origin and means "happy".
- According to a user from Pennsylvania, U.S., the name Ash means "Ashes of something that's been burned".
- According to a user from Singapore, the name Ash means "Black dust".
- A user from New Jersey, U.S. says the name Ash is of English origin and means "The very best".
- According to a user from Palestinian Territory, the name Ash is of Japanese origin and means "Brave girl".
- [Bot] A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana).
- The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
Etymology: OE. asch esh, AS. æsc; akin to OHG. asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche
Note: ☞ Ash is rarely used in the singular except in connection with chemical or geological products; as, soda ash, coal which yields a red ash, etc., or as a qualifying or combining word; as, ash bin, ash heap, ash hole, ash pan, ash pit, ash-grey, ash-colored, pearl ash, pot ash.
- Any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
- Strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
- The residue that remains when something is burned
- Convert into ashes
- (Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of oases.
- A topographic surname for someone who lived near ash trees.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A diminutive of the female given names Ashley or Ashlee.
- A town in Surrey, England, near Aldershot.
- A village in Dover district, Kent.