Alison


Gender:
Origin: German
502 famous people named Alison found on Wikipedia.
112061 female, 589 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 400-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 96-th in year 1986
Used in: English, French

Meanings

A female given name, form of Alice.

Alison, Allison or Alyson is a given name, usually a feminine name in English-speaking countries. It was originally a medieval French nickname for Alis, old form of Alice derived with the suffix -on or -son sometimes used in the former French nicknames such as Jeanson ("little Jean") or Pierson ("little Pierre").
The variant spelling Allison is the most common form in the United States. Other variations include Alisson, Allyson, Alyson, Alysson, Alicen and Alycen, with nicknames Allie, Alley, Alie, Ali, Ally, Aly, Aley and Alli.
Allison also has separate, disputed roots as a family name.
In countries including Brazil, Portugal and Indonesia, Alison and variant forms are also used as masculine given names.
Alison, variant form Alizon, is a French surname.

Also Allison, fem. proper name popular in England and Scotland 13c.-17c., from French Alison, a pet form of Alice. As a surname, from this or representing "Alice's son" or in some cases "Alan's son."

Norman French diminutive of Aalis, form of Alice: noble, exalted.

Famous People: 502 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Alison Brie 1982 American actress
2 Alison Krauss 1971 American bluegrass-country singer-songwriter and musician
3 Alison Pill 1985 Canadian actress
4 Alison Sudol 1984 American singer-songwriter and actress
5 Alison Eastwood 1972 Actor, director, model and fashion designer from the United States
6 Alison Sweeney 1976 Actress
7 Alison Lohman 1979 American actress
8 Alison Moyet 1961 English singer
9 Alison DiLaurentis
10 Alison Doody 1967 Irish actress
11 Alison Tyler 1972 American writer
12 Alison Arngrim 1962 American actress
13 Alison King 1973 British actress
14 Alison Steadman 1946 British actress
15 Alison Mosshart 1978 American musician
16 Alison Bechdel 1960 American cartoonist, author
17 Alison Haislip 1981 American actress
18 Alison Wonderland 1986 Australian DJ
19 Alison Goldfrapp 1966 English singer-songwriter
20 Alison Balsom 1978 English trumpet player
21 Alison Owen 1961 English film producer
22 Alison Becker 1977 American actress and comedian
23 Alison Hammond 1975 English television personality
24 Alison Gold 2002 American pop singer
25 Alison Sutcliffe British theattre director
26 Alison Lundergan Grimes 1978 Kentucky politician
27 Alison Riske 1990 American tennis player
28 Alison Elliott 1970 American actress
29 Alison Rosen 1975 American podcaster
30 Alison Hargreaves 1962 British mountain climber
31 Alison Cerutti 1986 Brazilian beach volleyball player
32 Alison Lapper 1965 English artist
33 Alison LaPlaca 1959 American actress
34 Alison Mitchell British sports journalist
35 Alison Kosik 1971 American journalist
36 Alison Gopnik 1955 American psychologist
37 Alison Redford 1965 14th Premier of Alberta
38 Alison Carroll 1985 Gymnast, model and actress
39 Alison McGovern 1980 British politician
40 Alison Gertz 1966 AIDS activist
41 Alison Wheeler 1972 British singer
42 Alison Lee 1995
43 Alison Starling 1973 American journalist
44 Alison Whyte 1968 Tasmanian-born Australian actress
45 Natalie Alison 1978 Austrian actor, television presenter and author
46 Alison Piepmeier 1972 American scholar and feminist
47 Alison Folland 1978 American actress
48 Alison Van Uytvanck 1994 Belgian tennis player
49 Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly 1971 Actress; real-estate agent
50 Alison Hinds 1970 Barbadian singer
51 Alison Steele 1937 American DJ
52 Alison Lurie 1926 American novelist and academic
53 Alison Saunders 1961 British barrister
54 Alison Viktorin 1981 American voice actor
55 Alison Fanelli 1979 American actress
56 Alison Kreviazuk 1988 Canadian curler
57 Alison Newman 1968 British actress
58 Alison Brown 1962 American musician
59 Alison Snowden 1958 British film director
60 Alison Jackson 1960 British photographer
61 Alison Louder Canadian actress from Montreal, Quebec
62 Alison Holloway 1961 British journalist
63 Alison Levine 1966 American mountain climber
64 Alison Sealy-Smith 1959 Canadian actress
65 Alison Cooper 1966 Businessperson
66 Dorothy Alison 1925 Australian stage, film, and television actress
67 Alison Uttley 1884 English writer
68 Alison Bettles 1969 British actress
69 Alison Mau 1965 Journalist
70 Alison Bell 1960 Australian actress
71 Alison Fraser 1955 American actress and singer
72 Alison Limerick 1959 British singer
73 Alison Thewliss 1982 Scottish politician
74 Alison J. Nathan 1972 American judge
75 Alison Lawton 1970 Canadian businessman
76 Alison Saar 1956 American artist
77 Alison Knowles 1933 American artist
78 Alison Irwin American television personality
79 Alison Bruce 1962 Australia/New Zealand Actress
80 Alison Pargeter 1972 British actress
81 Alison Jiear 1965 Australian actress
82 Alison Des Forges 1942 American historian and human rights activist
83 Alison Armitage 1965 British actress
84 Alison Miller American mathematician
85 Alison Streeter 1964 British swimmer
86 Alison Richard 1948 British academic
87 Alison Skipworth 1863 English actress
88 Alison Statton 1959 Welsh singer
89 Alison O'Donnell 1952 Irish singer
90 Alison Routledge 1960 Bew Zealand actor
91 James Alison 1959 Christian theologian, priest
92 Alison Watt 1965 Scottish painter
93 Alison Brittain 1965
94 Alison Goodman 1966 Australian science-fiction writer
95 Alison Seabeck 1954 British politician
96 Alison Jaggar Feminist philosopher
97 John R. Alison 1912 US World War II flying ace
98 Alison Weir American journalist
99 Alison Wolf 1949 British economist
100 Alison Bales 1985 Basketball player
101 Alison Lester 1952 Author and illustrator
102 Alison Nicholas 1962 Professional golfer
103 Alison Lopes Ferreira 1993 Brazilian footballer
104 Alison Victoria 1978
105 Alison Chesley 1960 American musician
106 Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz 1942
107 Alison Harmelin American journalist
108 Alison Anderson 1958 Australian politician
109 Alison Peacock 1959 British Dame
110 Alison Croggon 1962 Contemporary Australian poet, playwright and fantasy novelist
111 Alison Leggatt 1904 British actress
112 Alison Maclean 1958 Canadian film director
113 Alison Smale British journalist
114 Alison Stewart
115 Alison Johnstone 1965 Scottish politician
116 Alison Wylie Philosopher of science
117 Alison Cork 1963 British home expert and businesswoman
118 Alison Curtis 1977 Canadian musician
119 Alison Cheek 1927 American priest
120 Alison Ariotti Australian television presenter
121 Alison Moore 1971 Writer
122 Alison Skipper
123 Alison Leslie Gold 1945 American author
124 Alison Chapman
125 Alison Williamson 1971 British archer
126 Alison Brooks 1962 Architect
127 Alison McGhee 1960 American novelist
128 Alison Walker 1964 British sports broadcaster
129 Alison Whitney American actress
130 Alison Waters 1984 English squash player
131 Alison Assiter British activist
132 Alison Woollard 1968 British scientist
133 Alison Galloway 1953 American forensic anthropologist
134 Alison Schapker Television writer, producer and production designer
135 Alison Smith 1954 Canadian journalist
136 Alison Jolly 1937 American Primatologist
137 Alison Byerly 1961 American academic administrator
138 Alison Sydor 1966 Canadian racing cyclist
139 Alison Matthews Canadian actress
140 Alison Van Pelt 1963 American artist
141 Alison Broinowski 1941 Australian writer and academic
142 Alison Elliot 1948 Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
143 Alison Suttie 1968 British political consultant
144 Alison Comyn Irish journalist
145 Alison Nimmo 1964
146 Alison Bai 1990 Australian tennis player
147 Archibald Alison 1757 Scottiah minister and essayist
148 Alison Holst 1938 New Zealand chef
149 Alison Lang 1973 Tennis umpire
150 Alison Prince 1931 British children's writer
151 Alison Gordon 1943 Canadian writer
152 Alison Light 1955 Writer, critic and independent scholar
153 Alison MacMillan British diplomat
154 Alison Hagley 1961 English operatic soprano
155 Alison McCallum 1951 Australian rock singer
156 Alison White 1956 Church of England bishop
157 Alison Wilding 1948 English sculptor
158 Alison Turnbull Hopkins 1880
159 Alison Pick 1975 Canadian writer
160 Alison Peebles 1953 British actor, dancer and director
161 Alison Russell 1958 British judge
162 Alison Begbie 1752 Courted by Robert Burns
163 Michael Alison 1926 UK Conservative Party politician
164 Alison Quigan
165 Alison Lacey 1987 Basketball player
166 Alison Plowden 1931 British historian
167 Alison Mac British actress
168 Alison Britton 1948 Ceramic artist
169 Alison Tetrick 1985 Cyclist
170 Alison Davis-Blake 1958 American academic
171 Jane Alison Novelist
172 Alison Webster British photographer
173 Alison Murray Canadian film director
174 Alison Sheppard 1972 British swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion
175 Alison McInnes 1957 Scottish politician
176 Alison Enrique Mira 1995 Brazilian footballer
177 Alison Hernandez
178 Alison Brimelow 1949 British civil servant
179 Alison Dunlap 1969 American racing cyclist
180 Alison Etheridge 1964 Professor of Probability at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
181 Alison Inverarity 1970 Australian high jumper
182 Alison Di Rollo
183 Alison Shanks 1982 Racing cyclist
184 Alison Littell McHose 1965 American politician
185 Alison Quinn 1977 Australian Paralympic athlete
186 Alison Fell 1944 Scottish poet and novelist
187 Alison Tierney 2000 British journalist
188 Alison Fitzgerald 1969 American journalist
189 Alison Chitty 1948 British costume designer
190 Alison Young 1987 Olympic sailor
191 Alison Bartosik 1983 Synchronized swimmer
192 Alison Glennie British actress
193 Alison Milbank British theologian
194 Alison Stephens 1970 British musician
195 Alison M. Gingeras American curator
196 Alison Rose
197 Alison Rich
198 Alison Harris 1965 Scottish politician
199 Francis Alison 1705 American Presbyterian Minister
200 Alison Marjorie Ashby 1901 Australian botanical artist and plant collector