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 [ 3 syll. al-li-son, all-is-on ] The girl name Allison is pronounced as AELahSahN KEY. Allison is used mostly in the English, French, and Scottish languages. It is of Germanic origin. Allison is a variant spelling of the English, French, and Scottish name Alison. Allison is very popular as a baby girl name. The name jumped in popularity from the 1940s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of infrequent use only. At the modest peak of its usage in 1995, 0.423% of baby girls were given the name Allison. It was #34 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a loss in popularity since then. In 2008, its usage was 0.301% and its ranking #32, but it was nonetheless the most popular out of all girl names in its family. In 2008, Allison was used 5 times more than the next ranked name, the English, French, and Scottish Alison. Though Allison is currently more often than not a girl name, there was a period prior to 1937 when more boys were given the name. From 1946 on, increasingly more girls than boys were named Allison. In 1946, 76% more girls than boys were given the name Allison. Baby names that sound like Allison include the English, French, and Scottish Alisan, the English, French, and Scottish Alison, the English Allyson, the English Alexene, the English, French, and Greek Alexine, the name Algoma, the English Alisanne, the English Alisoun, the English Alisson, the English Alysanne, the English Alyson, the English Alysoun, the English Alysson, the English and Spanish Alexena, the English, Scottish, and Spanish Alexina, the Irish Allsun, and the German Elschen. A famous person named Allison is Allison Janney, Actress, born 19 November 1959, Boston, Massachusetts. KEY: Pronunciation for Allison: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
