Ensley is an English surname and place name, a variant of Ansley, whose Old English elements are usually explained as "solitary clearing" or "hermit's meadow". As a girls' name it is a recent American invention in the style of Ainsley, Kinsley and Paisley. Ensley jumped from number 2417 in 2016 straight into the top 1000 in 2017, peaked at number 587 in 2020 and ranks number 845 in 2025.