Ailsa (name)

Ailsa is a feminine given name, not to be confused with Alisa. Notable people with the name include:

• Ailsa Berk, British actress
• Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901–1969), American art collector
• Ailsa Carmichael, Lady Carmichael (born 1969), Scottish advocate and judge
• Ailsa Chang (born 1976), American journalist
• Ailsa McGown Clark (1926–2014), British zoologist
• Ailsa Craig (journalist) (1917–2012), Australian journalist
• Ailsa Garland (1917–1982), British journalist
• Ailsa Hughes (born 1991), Irish rugby player
• Ailsa Keating, British mathematician
• Ailsa Land (1927–2021), English professor
• Ailsa Lister (born 2004), Scottish cricketer
• Ailsa Magnus (born 1967), Scottish sculptor
• Ailsa Mainman, British archaeologist and ceramics specialist
• Ailsa Maxwell (1922–2020), British code breaker and historian
• Ailsa McGilvary, New Zealand bird conservationist and photographer
• Ailsa McKay (1963–2014), Scottish economist
• Ailsa O'Connor (1921–1980), Australian artist and sculptor
• Ailsa Piper (born 1959), Australian actress, director and performer
• Ailsa A. Welch (born 1956), British scientist

Fictional characters

• Ailsa Paige, fictional character from the novel Ailsa Paige by Robert W. Chambers
• Ailsa Stewart, fictional character from Home and Away

See also

• Marquess of Ailsa, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1831

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