Ally (1)

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Diminutive of ALISON, ALEXANDRA or other names beginning with the same sound.

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.
ALEXANDRA   female   English, German, Dutch, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Feminine form of ALEXANDER. In Greek mythology this was a Mycenaean epithet of the goddess Hera, and an alternate name of Cassandra. It was borne by several early Christian saints, and also by the wife of Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia. She was from Germany and had the birth name Alix, but was renamed Александра (Aleksandra) upon joining the Russian Church.
ALEXANDER   male   English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος). In Greek mythology this was another name of the hero Paris, and it also belongs to several characters in the New Testament. However, the most famous bearer was Alexander the Great, King of Macedon. In the 4th century BC he built a huge empire out of Greece, Egypt, Persia, and parts of India. Due to his fame, and later medieval tales involving him, use of his name spread throughout Europe.

The name has been used by kings of Scotland, Poland and Yugoslavia, emperors of Russia, and eight popes. Other notable bearers include English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744), American statesman Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), Scottish-Canadian explorer Sir Alexander MacKenzie (1764-1820), Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), and Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), the Scottish-Canadian-American inventor of the telephone.
FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Ada, Addie, Addy, Adela, Adelaide, Adele, Adelia, Adella, Adelle, Alease, Alecia, Aleesha, Alesha, Alesia, Alexandra, Alexandrea, Alexandria, Alexandrina, Ali, Alice, Alicia, Alise, Alisha, Alishia, Alisia, Alison, Alissa, Alisya, Allie, Allison, Allissa, Allycia, Allyson, Alyce, Alycia, Alys, Alysa, Alyse, Alysha, Alysia, Alyson, Alyssa, Alyssia, Della, Elicia, Heidi, Lecia, Lesia, Lisha, Lyssa
EQUIVALENTS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Kalisha, Talisha
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Adalheidis, Adela, Adelais, Adelina
ANCIENT GREEK: Alexandra
BULGARIAN: Adelina, Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Sashka
CATALAN: Alícia
CROATIAN: Aleksandra, Sanda, Sandra, Saša
CZECH: Adéla, Alexandra
DANISH: Alexandra, Heidi, Sandra
DUTCH: Adelheid, Aleid, Aleida, Alex, Alexandra, Alida, Elke, Sandra, Xandra
ENGLISH: Ada, Adalyn, Adalynn, Addie, Addy, Adela, Adele, Adelia, Adeline, Adella, Adelle, Adelyn, Alex, Alexa, Alexina, Ali, Alison, Allie, Allison, Allyson, Alyson, Alyx, Delia, Della, Heidi, Lecia, Lesia, Lexa, Lexi, Lexie, Lexine, Lexy, Lisha, Lyssa, Sandie, Sandra, Sandy, Sasha, Sondra, Zandra
ESTONIAN: Aleksandra
FINNISH: Aada, Ada, Adele, Aliisa, Alisa, Alli, Heidi, Sandra
FRENCH: Adélaïde, Adèle, Adeline, Alexandra, Alexandrie, Alexandrine, Alice, Alison, Alix, Sacha, Sandra, Sandrine, Sasha
FRISIAN: Elke
GERMAN: Ada, Adele, Adelheid, Adelina, Alexandra, Alexandrine, Alida, Elke, Heida, Heidi, Sandra, Sascha
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Alexandra
GREEK: Alexandra
HUNGARIAN: Ada, Adél, Adelaida, Alexandra, Alida, Alíz, Aliz, Szandra
ICELANDIC: Alexandra, Sandra
IRISH: Ailís, Alastríona
ITALIAN: Adelaide, Adele, Adelina, Alessa, Alessandra, Alexandra, Alice, Sandra
LATVIAN: Alise, Sandra
LITHUANIAN: Sandra
MACEDONIAN: Aleksandra, Sandra, Sashka
MEDIEVAL FRENCH: Aalis
NORWEGIAN: Alexandra, Heidi, Sandra
POLISH: Ada, Adela, Adelajda, Aleksandra, Alicja, Ola
PORTUGUESE: Adelaide, Adelina, Alexandra, Alexandrina, Alice, Alícia, Sandra
ROMANIAN: Adela, Adelina, Alexandra, Sanda, Sandra
RUSSIAN: Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Alexandra, Alisa, Sanya, Sasha, Shura
SCOTTISH: Aileas, Saundra
SERBIAN: Aleksandra, Sandra, Saša
SLOVAK: Alexandra, Alica
SLOVENE: Aleksandra, Sandra, Saša
SPANISH (LATIN AMERICAN): Adelita
SPANISH: Adela, Adelaida, Adelia, Adelina, Ale, Alejandra, Alexandra, Alicia, Sandra
SWEDISH: Alexandra, Heidi, Sandra, Sassa
UKRAINIAN: Aleksandra, Alexandra, Lesya, Oleksandra, Sasha
WELSH: Alis
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Adalyn, Adalynn, Adeline, Adelyn, Alene, Ali, Aline, Allie, Delia, Della, Lexa, Sandie, Sandy
FRENCH: Aline, Line
GERMAN: Alina
ITALIAN: Ada, Alina
POLISH: Alina
PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN): Aline
ROMANIAN: Alina
MASCULINE FORMS
ALBANIAN: Aleksander, Skender
ANCIENT GREEK: Alexander, Alexandros
ARABIC: Iskandar
ARMENIAN: Aleksandr
BASQUE: Alesander
BELARUSIAN: Aliaksandr
BIBLICAL GREEK: Alexandros
BIBLICAL: Alexander
BULGARIAN: Aleksandar, Sasho
CATALAN: Àlex, Alexandre
CROATIAN: Aleksandar, Sandi, Saša
CZECH: Aleš, Alexandr
DANISH: Aleksander, Alex, Alexander, Sander
DUTCH: Alex, Alexander, Lex, Sander, Xander
ENGLISH: Al, Alec, Alex, Alexander, Lex, Sandy, Xander, Zander
ESPERANTO: Aleĉjo, Aleksandro
ESTONIAN: Aleksander
FINNISH: Ale, Aleksanteri, Samppa, Santeri, Santtu
FRENCH: Alex, Alexandre, Sacha, Sasha
GALICIAN: Alexandre
GEORGIAN: Aleksandre, Sandro
GERMAN: Alex, Alexander, Sascha
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Alexander, Alexandros
GREEK: Alexandros
HUNGARIAN: Alexander, Sándor, Sanyi
ICELANDIC: Alex, Alexander
INDONESIAN: Iskandar
IRISH: Alastar
ITALIAN: Ale, Alessandro, Alex, Sandro
LATVIAN: Aleksandrs
LITHUANIAN: Aleksandras
MACEDONIAN: Aca, Ace, Aco, Aleksandar, Sasho
MALAY: Iskandar
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Aleksandru
NORWEGIAN: Aleksander, Alex, Alexander, Sander
PASHTO: Sikandar
PERSIAN: Eskandar
POLISH: Aleks, Aleksander, Olek
PORTUGUESE: Alex, Alexandre, Xande, Xandinho
ROMANIAN: Alex, Alexandru, Sandu
RUSSIAN: Aleks, Aleksandr, Sanya, Sasha, Shura
SCOTTISH: Alasdair, Alastair, Alistair, Alister, Ally, Sawney
SERBIAN: Aca, Aco, Aleksandar, Saša
SLOVAK: Aleš, Alexander
SLOVENE: Aleks, Aleksander, Aleš, Sandi, Saša, Sašo
SPANISH: Ale, Alejandro
SWEDISH: Alex, Alexander, Sander
TURKISH: İskender
UKRAINIAN: Aleks, Aleksandr, Oleksander, Oleksandr, Oles, Sasha
URDU: Sikandar
YIDDISH: Sender
OTHER FORMS
IRISH: Eilís, Eilish
ROMANIAN: Adina, Alin