Allyson - Meaning of Allyson

What does Allyson mean?

[ 3 syll. al-ly-son, all-ys-on ] The baby girl name Allyson is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is far more popular. It is pronounced AEL-ihS-ahN †. Allyson's language of origin is Germanic and it is predominantly used in English.

Allyson is a form of Alice.

Allyson is also a spelling variant (English) of the English, French, and Scottish Alison.

Allyson is a popular baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1950s up to the 1990s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1998, 0.085% of baby girls were named Allyson. It had a ranking of #186 then. The baby name has experienced a decline in frequency since then. In 2011, it ranked at #264 with a usage of 0.063%. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Allyson, Alice was the most regularly used. It was more commonly used than Allyson by 81% in 2011. In the last century Allyson has mainly been a baby girl name.

Baby names that sound like Allyson include Alisen, Alison, Alisson, Allison, Alyson, Alceanah, Alceina, Alceinah, Alcina, Alcinah, Alcmene, Alcyna, Alcynah, Alexande, Alexane, Alexene, Alexine, Algoma, Algomma, and Alicen.

† Pronunciation for Allyson: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"