Last name: Aslin

Recorded in various "modern" spellings including Aslin, Asling, Ashlin, Ashling, and Astling, this is a surname of pre 8th century Anglo-Saxon origins. It derives from the ancient German personal name"Azillin", introduced into Britain by the early invaders from Engaland and Friseland in Northern Germany. The meaning of the original name is not entirely clear, but it probably translates as "One" or "The One". Originally there was also a female form in "Asceline", and it is equally probable that some later surnames have developed from this spelling. The name is also unusual in that it seems to have "skipped" the period after the1066 Invasion, when for several centuries it became politically correct for English people who wished to get on under the Norman regime, to give their children French names. The name has also been recorded in two place names. These are the hamlets and farms known as Ashlyns and Ashlings, in High Ongar, Essex. The early examples of the surname recordings include Walterus de Acelini of Northampton, in the year 1206, Henricus Ascelinus of Warwickshire in the same period, and Richard Asselyn of Berkshire, in the Hundred Rolls of 1379. The first recording of the surname may be that of Acelina de Stanfelde in the Pipe Rolls of the county of Northampton in the year 1195. This was during the short reign of King Richard 1st, known as "The Lionheart", 1189 - 1199.

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katrina costigan
my daughters first name is aslin. i have been trying to find a meaning for her for many years with no luck, this is as close as i have come.

Kristen
I am having a hard time finding the meaning of my last name...I am having trouble finding much about it in general. Aslinger is what it is and this is the closest I have come to finding something I figured that the ger might have been tagged on over time. I am hoping this will give me what I need to start finding out about where my family came from and who my ansistors are. I am hoping that this is what I have been looking for if you have anything else please feel free to share it with me thanks a million, Kristen