Allison

English

Alternative forms

• Alison, Alyson, Allyson

Etymology

From a Middle English diminutive form of Alan, Alexander or Alice +‎ -son.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈælɪsən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: allicin

Proper noun

Allison (countable and uncountable, plural Allisons)

1. (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
   • 2023 August 6, Jeré Longman, “For Megan Rapinoe, an Ending Not Even She Could Have Imagined”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 August 2023:

     While Rapinoe has acknowledged her white privilege, said Allison, the sociology professor, she received outsize attention for her racial activism without experiencing the harsh consequences that Black athletes historically receive for protests.

   • 2024 September 9, Hannah Rabinowitz, “Alleged leaders of White supremacist group charged in effort to encourage terrorism and hate crimes”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     To that end, prosecutors allege that Allison and Humber pushed their followers to attack minority communities, government infrastructure, politicians, government officials and the leaders of private companies – some of whom, including a US senator and a federal judge, were included in a detailed list of “high value targets” for assassination.

2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1950 usage.
   • 1994, Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills, Scribner's, →ISBN, page 81:

     "Allison?" Surely that was a girl's name.
     "It's after Davey Allison, the race car driver. He got killed right before the baby was born. Tracy and me wanted to honor his memory." It was a precise little speech. She must have explained the name many times.

3. (countable) A female given name from the Germanic languages, of 1940s and later usage, variant of Alison.
   • 1956, Grace Metalious, Peyton Place, UPNE, published 1999, →ISBN, Book One, Chapter 4:

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

   • 2025 September 3, Dan Mangan, “Judge voids $2.2 billion Harvard funding freeze by Trump administration”, in CNBC‎^[3]:

     Judge Allison Burroughs agreed with Harvard’s arguments that the administration imposed the funding freeze in retaliation for the Ivy League university’s refusal to capitulate to demands for reforms that violated First Amendment protections under the Constitution.

4. A community in Moncton Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado.
   2. A township in Lawrence County, Illinois.
   3. A small city, the county seat of Butler County, Iowa.
   4. A township in Decatur County, Kansas.
   5. An unincorporated community in Nodaway County, Missouri.
   6. A township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
   7. A township in Brown County, South Dakota.
   8. A census-designated place in Wheeler County, Texas.

Derived terms

Diminutives of the given name

• Al
• Ali
• Alie
• Alli
• Allie
• Ally
• Aly

• Allison effect

• Scallison

Anagrams

• silanol

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Allison.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔalison/ [ˌʔaː.lɪˈson̪]
• Rhymes: -alison
• Syllabification: A‧lli‧son

Proper noun

Állisón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

1. a female given name from English