Ally - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 2 syll. al-ly, all-y ] The girl name Ally is pronounced AELay or ahLAY ^KEY. Ally is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in English.

Ally is a pet form of the English, French, and Scottish Alison in the English language.

Ally is also a variant form of the Czech, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese Alice in the English language.

Ally is somewhat popular as a baby girl name. The name grew in popularity during the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only very modest use. At the height of its usage in 1998, 0.033% of baby girls were named Ally. It was #416 in rank then. The baby name has seen a decline in frequency since then. In 2008, it ranked at #766 with a usage of 0.018%. Within the family of girl names directly related to Ally, the English, French, and Scottish Alison was the most popular. The name was thrice as popular as Ally in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Ally include the Arabic Aalya, the Scottish Ailsa, the Slavic Ajla, the English Alais, the Hawaiian Alaula, the English, Spanish, and Arabic Ali, the Dutch and English Alie, the English Alile, the English Alja, the Spanish, English, and Russian Alla, the Finnish, English, and Spanish Alli, the English Allie, the Russian and Arabic Alya, the English Eily, the Hawaiian Eleu, the Estonian Olli, the English Ollie, the Estonian Olly, the German and Scandinavian Ulla, and the German and Estonian Ulli.

A famous person named Ally is TV Personality Ally Hilfiger, born 26 February 1985, New York, New York.

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