Aynsley is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Aynsley Dunbar, English drummer
Aynsley Lemon, former American child actress
Aynsley Lister, English blues-rock guitarist/singer and songwriter
Eugene Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer
Cecil Aynsley, 20th century Australian rugby league footballer
John Aynsley, English potter.
Aynsley China, tableware, giftware and commemorative items company was founded in 1775 by John Aynsley in Lane End, Longton,
Hugh Murray-Aynsley, 19th-century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Murray Aynsley, suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand
Lord Charles Murray-Aynsley, English dean