Ainsworth (surname)
# Ainsworth (surname)

Ainsworth is a surname with its origins in the Northwest of England. The origin of the word Ainsworth is from the Anglo-Saxon word 'worth' meaning an 'Enclosure', 'Ain' probably having been someone's name..

There is a village called Ainsworth near Bolton.

## Notable people

* Alf Ainsworth, (1913–1975), English football player
* Bob Ainsworth (born 1952), British politician and MP
* Charles Ainsworth (politician) (1874–1956), British businessman and politician
* Charles Ainsworth (footballer) (1885–1955), English footballer
* David M. Ainsworth (1954–2019), American farmer and politician
* Dorothy Sears Ainsworth (1894–1976), American physical educator
* Dylan Ainsworth (born 1992), Canadian football player
* Edgar Ainsworth (artist) (1905–1975), British artist
* Ellen Ainsworth, US Army Nurse Corps officer
* Gareth Ainsworth (born 1973), English football player
* Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth (1905–1998), English mycologist
* George Ainsworth (1878–1950), Australian meteorologist, explorer and public servant
* Harrison Ainsworth (1888–1965), British newspaper editor
* Henry Ainsworth (1571–1622), English nonconformist clergyman and scholar
* John C. Ainsworth (1822–1893), American pioneer businessman and steamboat owner in Oregon
* Kacey Ainsworth (born 1968), English actress
* Kathryn Ainsworth, Australian netball player
* Kurt Ainsworth (born 1978), American baseball player
* Leonard Ainsworth (born c. 1923), Australian businessman
* Laban Ainsworth (1757–1858), American clergyman and pastor
* Leonora Ainsworth (1894–1985), American screenwriter for silent movies
* Lexi Ainsworth (born 1992), American actress
* Lionel Ainsworth (born 1987), English footballer
* Lisa Ainsworth, American plant physiologist
* Mary Ainsworth (1913–1999), American-Canadian developmental psychologist
* Paul Ainsworth (born 1979), British chef
* Peter Ainsworth (Bolton MP) (1790–1870), British politician
* Peter Ainsworth (1956–2021), British politician
* Ralph Ainsworth (1875–1952), British major-general
* Robert Ainsworth (lexicographer) (1660–1743), English Latin lexicographer
* Roger Ainsworth (1951–2019), British engineer and academic
* Ron Ainsworth (1924–2000), Australian rugby league player
* Seymour Ainsworth (1821–1890), American businessman
* Sidney Ainsworth (1872–1922), British actor
* Stewart Ainsworth (born 1951), British archaeologist
* Walden L. Ainsworth (1886–1960), American admiral
* William Francis Ainsworth (1807–1896), English traveller and geographer, cousin to William Harrison
* William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882), English historical novelist

## Fictional

* Cassandra Ainsworth, character in the television series Skins, portrayed by Hannah Murray
* Elias Ainsworth, one of the main characters of the manga The Ancient Magus' Bride
