Ainsworth

Ainsworth is a surname with its origins in the North West of England.^{[citation needed]} The origin of the word Ainsworth is from the Anglo Saxon word 'worth' meaning an 'Enclosure', 'Ain' probably having been someone's name.^{[citation needed]}.

There is a village called Ainsworth near Bolton.

Notable Ainsworths

An Ainsworth coat of arms

• Alf Ainsworth, (1913-1975), English football player
• Bob Ainsworth (b.1952), British politician and MP
• Cassandra Ainsworth, fictional character in the television series Skins who is portrayed by Hannah Murray
• Gareth Ainsworth (b.1973), English football player
• George Ainsworth (1878-1950), Australian meteorologist, explorer and public servant
• Henry Ainsworth (1571-1622), English Nonconformist clergyman and scholar
• Kacey Ainsworth (b.1971), English actress
• Kurt Ainsworth (b.1978), American baseball player
• Laban Ainsworth (1757-1858), American clergyman and pastor
• Leonora Ainsworth (1894-1985), American screenwriter for silent movies
• Mary Ainsworth (1913-1999), American developmental psychologist
• Robert Ainsworth (lexicographer) (1660-1743), English Latin lexicographer
• Roger Ainsworth, British engineer and academic
• Ron Ainsworth, Australian rugby league player
• Seymour Ainsworth (1821-1890), American businessman
• Sidney Ainsworth, British screen and stage actor
• Walden L. Ainsworth (1886-1960), American admiral
• William Francis Ainsworth (1807-1896), English traveller and geographer, cousin to William Harrison Aimsworth
• William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882), English historical novelist

See also

• Ainsworth (disambiguation)

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