Meaning and origin
Alison is a German mixed name. The meaning of the name is `Of Noble Birth `.
Where is it used? The name Alison is mainly used in English and in French.
How do they say it elsewhere? Alis (In Welsh) Alicia (In Spanish and in English) Arisu (In Japanese) Ailís (In Irish) Aliz (In Hungarian) Alice (In English and in French) Alyce (In English (Modern)) Alyson (In English) Allison (In English) Allyson (In English)
See also In English: Allie (F) In English: Ally (F)
What Alison`s say about their name
The best thing about the name Alison: It sounds - in my opinion - quite sophisticated, but cute, too.
The worst thing about the name: It can be spelt so many ways (Alison, Allison, Alyson, and even once Allyson), there's a high chance you might have it spelt wrong.
If my name wasn`t Alison....:
Extra information: I'm not too keen on my name at the moment, so I shorten it to Ali, but I really do like it, deep down!
The best thing about the name Alison: It fit me as a child and now as an adult
The worst thing about the name: I am always correcting people spelling Allison
If my name wasn`t Alison....:
Extra information:
The best thing about the name Alison: It's not very common, but it's not strange!
The worst thing about the name: I don't think it's bad at all.
If my name wasn`t Alison....:
Alison appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 288.. 1980 was a `top year` for the name Alison. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #101. The last time Alison appeared among the most common names was in 1950. Our records go back to 1880