At a Glance: Name: Asheville – Meaning: a town named for Samuel Ashe, an early North Carolina governor – Origin: English (place name honoring a person) – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: ASH-vil
Asheville is an English (place name honoring a person) unisex name meaning “a town named for Samuel Ashe, an early North Carolina governor”. It appears in our list of 225+ City Names for Babies With a World-Traveler Soul.
Meaning & Origin of Asheville
Meaning: A town named for Samuel Ashe, an early North Carolina governor.
Origin: English (place name honoring a person).
A common claim: Often glossed as Old English for "ash tree town." Actually: Asheville has nothing to do with ash trees -- the city was named for Samuel Ashe, a North Carolina governor.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Asheville
Phonetic: ASH-vil IPA: /ˈæʃvɪl/
Popularity of Asheville
Asheville doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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