Alison

Where Alison comes from

From Middle English Alisoun, from Old French Alison, brought to England by the Normans (from Anglo-Norman Alison, from Norman Alison), diminutive of Aliz, equivalent to English Alice, from Old High German Adalhaid (“of noble kind”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Alison
  • Germanic
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1905
    First appearance
    #1,538 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1971
    Alison Krauss born
    American musician
  3. 1982
    Alison Brie born
    American actress and writer
  4. 1986
    Peak, #96
    2,975 babies named Alison — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2000
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #231.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Alison Brie · American actress and writer, born 1982
  • Alison Krauss · American musician, born 1971
  • Alison Lohman · American actress, born 1979
  • Alison Pill · Canadian actress, born 1985
  • Alison Sudol · American musician, born 1984

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.