Allison

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Singular Allison

Plural -

Allison

1. A patronymic surname "son of Alan/Alexander/Alice".
2. A male given name transferred from the surname; mostly of persons born before 1950.
3. A female given name taken into general use in the 1940s; usually interpreted as a spelling variant of Alison.

[edit] Quotations

• 1956 Grace Metalious: Peyton Place, UPNE, 1999, ISBN 1555534007, Book One, Chapter 4,

  Allison MacKenzie's father, for whom the child had been named, died when she was three years old.