Ash was named by my then young daughter after Ash on pokemon, he just happens to also be grey like ash, so purrfect, Lexie is the pet form of alexandra and is scottish and named after a character, a beautiful scottish dark haired girl in a scottish tv programme called monarch of the glen, the backyard kitties were already named, Duchess,Victoria and Charles after the royal family, pity their so called owner does not treat them like royalty.