American Meaning: The name Ashley is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Ashley is: Lives in the ash tree grove. Derived from a surname and place name based on the Old English word for ash wood. Famous bearer: Ashley, the male character in Margaret Mitchell's popular 'Gone with the Wind'.merican Meaning: The name Ashley is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Ashley is: Lives in the ash tree grove. Derived from a surname and place name based on the Old English word for ash wood. Famous bearer: Ashley, the male character in Margaret Mitchell's popular 'Gone with the Wind'.
hoganâs goat. The phrase like Hoganâs goat refers to something that is faulty, messed up, or stinks like a goat. The phrase is a reference to R.F. Outcaultâs seminal newspaper comic Hoganâs Alley, which debuted in 1895. The title of the strip changed to The Yellow Kid the following year.
Latin hÃ¦dus kid). The word for male goat in Old English was bucca (see buck (n.)) until late 1300s shift to he-goat, she-goat (Nanny goat is 18c., billy goat 19c.). Meaning licentious man is attested from 1670s.