Girl · Germanic, through French and English
Allyson
Say it: AL-ih-sun
Meaning
A spelling of Alison, a medieval diminutive of Alice (Germanic adal 'noble').
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in the US especially from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 52,254 babies given this name since 1945
- At its height in 1998, about 1 in 1,100 girls
- 449 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Alison, Allison
Famous bearers
- Allyson Felix, American sprinter
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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