Allison

  • [ AL-i-sən ]
  • English
Variant of ALISON.

ALISON   female   English, French
Norman French diminutive of Aalis (see ALICE). It was common in England and France in the Middle Ages, and was later revived in the 20th century. Unlike most other English names ending in son, it is not derived from a surname.
ALICE   female   English, French, Portuguese, Italian
From the Old French name Aalis, a short form of Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis (see ADELAIDE). This name became popular in France and England in the 12th century. It was borne by the heroine of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1865) and 'Through the Looking Glass' (1871).
ADELAIDE   female   English, Italian, Portuguese
From the French form of the Germanic name Adalheidis, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and heid "kind, sort, type". It was borne in the 10th century by Saint Adelaide, the wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great. The name became common in Britain in the 19th century due to the popularity of the German-born wife of King William IV, for whom the city of Adelaide in Australia was named in 1836.
FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Adelaide, Alease, Alecia, Aleesha, Alesha, Alesia, Alice, Alicia, Alise, Alisha, Alishia, Alisia, Alissa, Alisya, Allissa, Allycia, Alyce, Alycia, Alys, Alysa, Alyse, Alysha, Alysia, Alyssa, Alyssia, Elicia
EQUIVALENTS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Kalisha, Talisha
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Adalheidis, Adela, Adelais
CATALAN: Alícia
CZECH: Adéla
DANISH: Heidi
DUTCH: Adelheid, Aleid, Aleida, Alida, Elke
ENGLISH: Ada, Addie, Addy, Adela, Adele, Adelia, Adella, Adelle, Ali, Alison, Allie, Ally, Allyson, Alyson, Della, Heidi, Lecia, Lesia, Lisha, Lyssa
FINNISH: Adele, Aliisa, Alisa, Alli, Heidi
FRENCH: Adélaïde, Adèle, Alice, Alison, Alix
FRISIAN: Elke
GERMAN: Ada, Adele, Adelheid, Alida, Elke, Heida, Heidi
HUNGARIAN: Adél, Adelaida, Alida, Alíz, Aliz
IRISH: Ailís
ITALIAN: Adelaide, Adele, Alice
LATVIAN: Alise
MEDIEVAL FRENCH: Aalis
NORWEGIAN: Heidi
POLISH: Ada, Adela, Adelajda, Alicja
PORTUGUESE: Adelaide, Alice, Alícia
ROMANIAN: Adela
RUSSIAN: Alisa
SCOTTISH: Aileas
SLOVAK: Alica
SPANISH: Adela, Adelaida, Adelia, Alicia
SWEDISH: Heidi
WELSH: Alis
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Adelina
BULGARIAN: Adelina
ENGLISH: Adalyn, Adalynn, Adeline, Adelyn, Alene, Ali, Aline, Allie, Ally, Delia, Della
FINNISH: Aada, Ada
FRENCH: Adeline, Aline, Line
GERMAN: Adelina, Alina
HUNGARIAN: Ada
ITALIAN: Ada, Adelina, Alina
POLISH: Alina
PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN): Aline
PORTUGUESE: Adelina
ROMANIAN: Adelina, Alina
SPANISH (LATIN AMERICAN): Adelita
SPANISH: Adelina
OTHER FORMS
IRISH: Eilís, Eilish
ROMANIAN: Adina, Alin