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
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.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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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 |