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Ashleigh is an abomination for a girl, as it is. The name is Ashley, it started out as a male name, but I can see why it became a female name, as it does sound feminine to me. There was never any reason to tart it up by spelling it Ashleigh, though many people did. I feel like those who chose to spell it Ashleigh were saying, "Ashley doesn't *quite* do it for a girl, we have to pretty it up", which, if they really felt that way, they should have trashed Ashley anyway.

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So is there any justification for spelling it Ashleigh for a BOY? No, none. If I were a male Ashleigh, I'd so change the spelling to Ashley as quickly as I could.