Alyson - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ syll. a-ly-son, al-ys-on ] The girl name Alyson is pronounced ahLAYSahN ^KEY. Alyson's language of origin is Germanic and it is predominantly used in the English language. Alyson is a variant spelling of the English, French, and Scottish Alison.

Alyson is a fairly popular baby name for girls. The name jumped in popularity from the 1960s up to the 1980s. Its usage peaked modestly in 1987 with 0.037% of baby girls being given the name Alyson. It ranked at #345 then. The baby name has since experienced a drop in frequency. In 2008, it ranked at #480 with a usage of 0.032%. Among the group of girl names directly linked to Alyson, the English, French, and Scottish Alison was the most commonly used. It was used 90% more than Alyson in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Alyson include the English Alysson, the English Alexene, the English, French, and Greek Alexine, the name Algoma, the English, French, and Scottish Alisan, the English Alisanne, the English, French, and Scottish Alison, the English Alisoun, the English Alisson, the English, French, and Scottish Allison, the English Allyson, the English Alysanne, the English Alysoun, the English and Spanish Alexena, the English, Scottish, and Spanish Alexina, the Irish Allsun, and the German Elschen.

A famous person named Alyson is Actress Alyson Hannigan, born 24 March 1974.

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