Allison
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Etymology
From a Middle English diminutive form of Alan, Alexander or Alice + -son.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Allison (countable and uncountable, plural Allisons)
- (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
- (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1950 usage.
- 1994, Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills, Scribner's, →ISBN, page 81:
- "Allison?" Surely that was a girl's name.
"It's after Davey Allison, the race car driver. He got killed right before the baby was born. Tracy and me wanted to honor his memory." It was a precise little speech. She must have explained the name many times.
- (countable) A female given name from the Germanic languages, of 1940s and later usage, variant of Alison.
- 1956, Grace Metalious, Peyton Place, UPNE, published 1999, →ISBN, Book One, Chapter 4:
- Allison MacKenzie's father, for whom the child had been named, died when she was three years old.
- A community in Moncton Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado.
- A township in Lawrence County, Illinois.
- A small city, the county seat of Butler County, Iowa.
- A township in Decatur County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Nodaway County, Missouri.
- A township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
- A township in Brown County, South Dakota.
- A census-designated place in Wheeler County, Texas.
Derived terms
Diminutives of the given name
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalison/ [ˌʔaː.lɪˈson̪]
- Rhymes: -alison
- Syllabification: A‧lli‧son
Proper noun
Állisón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜐᜓᜈ᜔)
- a female given name from English
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