Allison

English

Alternative forms

• Alison, Alyson, Allyson

Etymology

From a Middle English diminutive form of Alan, Alexander or Alice +‎ -son.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈælɪsən/
• Homophone: allicin

Proper noun

Allison (countable and uncountable, plural Allisons)

1. (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
2. (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.

3. (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.

4. A community in Moncton Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado.
   2. A township in Lawrence County, Illinois.
   3. A small city, the county seat of Butler County, Iowa.
   4. A township in Decatur County, Kansas.
   5. An unincorporated community in Nodaway County, Missouri.
   6. A township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
   7. A township in Brown County, South Dakota.
   8. A census-designated place in Wheeler County, Texas.

Derived terms

Diminutives of the given name

• Al
• Ali
• Alie
• Alli
• Allie
• Ally
• Aly

 

Anagrams

• silanol

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Allison.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔalison/ [ˌʔaː.lɪˈson̪]
• Rhymes: -alison
• Syllabification: A‧lli‧son

Proper noun

Állisón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

1. a female given name from English