Meaning and origin of Allison

Allison, which may come from a medieval Norman nickname for Alice, meaning "noble type", or from the Irish name "Iseult", meaning "fair lady".

Surname
Bernard Allison, a blues musician
Bobby Allison, a race car driver
Davey Allison, a race car driver
Donnie Allison, a race car driver
Dorothy Allison, American novelist
Dot Allison, a Scottish singer/songwriter
Graham T. Allison, professor of international relations
Jason Allison, professional ice hockey player
several people named John Allison
June Allyson, American film and television actress
Luther Allison, a blues musician
Malcolm Allison, football manager
Mose Allison, is an American jazz pianist and singer

Given name
Allison Angel, a nude teen model
Allison Crowe, a modern musician
Allison Fisher, British snooker champion
Allison Holker, a contemporary jazz dancer
Allison Mack, a German actress
Allison Munn, an American actress
Allison Scagliotti-Smith, an American actress
Allison Taylor, a cartoon character in the television series The Simpsons
Allison Taylor, fictional President of the USA in the television series 24
Allison Vernon-Williams, the female lead character on the movie Cry-Baby
Willis Allison Carto, an American far right political figure

Companies
Allison Engine Company
Allison Transmission

Other
Tropical Storm Allison (disambiguation), the name of several tropical cyclones
Allison (song), a song by the Pixies from their 1990 album Bossanova

See also
Alison
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Meaning and origin of Allison

Origin: English
Meaning: Variant of Alice: Of the nobility. From the German Adalheidis meaning nobility, and the French Adeliz which is a form of Adelaide.
Origin: French
Meaning: A 13th century variant of Alice meaning nobility. Now particularly popular in Scotland.
Origin: Irish
Meaning: Honest.
Origin: Teutonic
Meaning: Divine fame.
Origin: Teutonic
Meaning: Of holy fame.
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Meaning and origin of Allison

The boy's and girl's name Allison \a-lli-son\ is a variant of Alice and Alison. See also Allie.
The baby name Allison sounds like Allyson, Allisun, Allisoun and Ellison. Other similar baby names are Addison, Adison, Alyson, Allysson, Allsun, Allissa, Alliss, Allis, Alisan, Allisah, Allisa, Allysoun, Allisann, Allicen, Alisun and Alisoun.
Allison is a very popular female first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
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Meaning and origin of Allison

Allison
German
Female
form of ALISON-noble,kind
Meaning & Origin
Allison is a German girl name.
The meaning of the name is `Of Noble Birth `.
Where is it used?
The name Allison is mainly used in English.
How do they say it elsewhere?
Alice (In English and in French)
Alison (In English and in French)
Alyson (In English)
Allyson (In English)
See also
In English: Allie (F)
In English: Ally (F)
Stastics
The name Allison was given to 5819 babies in the USA in 2004. Allison was the number 115 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 5802 babies making it the number 40 name that year.
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