Allison


Gender:
Origin: German
425 famous people named Allison found on Wikipedia.
298706 female, 3788 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 69-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 30-th in year 2009
Used in: English

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.

Fem. proper name, a diminutive of Alice (q.v.), via Old French Alison. Popular in U.S. as a girl's name from 1990s, but all but unknown there before 1946; it was popular in England and Scotland 13c.-17c. As a surname, it could represent "Alice's son."

From Alicen, feminine French diminutive of Alice: son of Alice, variant of Alison, noble kind, nobility.

Famous People: 425 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Allison Janney 1959 American actress and singer
2 Allison Holker 1988 American dancer
3 Allison Tolman 1981 American actress
4 Allison Scagliotti 1990 American actress
5 Allison Mack 1982 American actress
6 Allison Adler 1967 Television producer
7 Allison Stokke 1989 American pole vaulter
8 Allison Munn 1974 Actress
9 Davey Allison 1961 Racecar driver
10 Allison Harvard 1988 American model and artist
11 Allison DuBois 1972 American psychic
12 Allison Schmitt 1990 American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
13 Mose Allison 1927 American jazz blues pianist and singer
14 Bobby Allison 1937 American racecar driver
15 Allison Krause 1951 Honor student killed at Kent State University
16 Allison Moorer 1972 American country music singer and musician
17 Allison Smith 1969 American actress
18 Allison Iraheta 1992 Singer, musician
19 James Allison 1968 Former Technical Director of the Lotus Formula One team
20 Clay Allison 1840 Texas cattle rancher and gunfighter
21 Allison Hayes 1930 Actress, model
22 Allison McAtee 1980 American actress and model
23 Graham T. Allison 1940 American politician and scientist
24 Allison Williams 1981 American model
25 J.I. Allison 1939 American rock drummer
26 Geronimo Allison 1994
27 Kevin Allison 1970 American actor
28 Malcolm Allison 1927 English footballer and manager
29 Allison Balson 1969 American actress
30 Allison Robertson 1979 American musician
31 Allison Anders 1954 Director, screenwriter
32 Allison Danger 1977 Professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager
33 Luther Allison 1939 American blues guitarist
34 Allison Taylor Character from the television series 24
35 Allison Pearson 1960 Welsh author and newspaper columnist
36 James P. Allison 1948 American immunologist and professor
37 Allison Fisher 1968 English professional pool and snooker player
38 Allison Burnett 1958 Screenwriter, director, producer, novelist
39 Allison H. Eid 1965 Colorado Supreme Court Justice
40 Allison Baver 1980 Short-track speed skater
41 Donnie Allison 1939 Racecar driver
42 Allison Rosati 1963 American television anchor
43 Allison Madueke 1944 Nigerian politician
44 Allison Langdon 1979 Australian journalist
45 Clifford Allison 1964 Racecar driver
46 Rebecca Allison 1946 American cardiologist
47 Allison Paige 1982 American singer
48 Allison Keith 1974 American actress
49 Brooke Allison 1986 Singer
50 Fran Allison 1907 American television and radio comedian, personality and singer
51 Allison Alderson 1977 Beauty queen
52 Allison Curbishley 1976 British athlete
53 Jason Allison 1975 Canadian ice hockey player
54 Allison Crowe 1981 Canadian singer, songwriter and musician
55 Bob Allison 1934 American baseball player
56 Allison Randal Computer writer
57 Julia Allison 1981 American journalist and television commentator
58 Allison Liddi-Brown Television director
59 Dot Allison 1969 Scottish singer, songwriter, DJ, writer and poet
60 John Moore Allison 1905 American diplomat
61 Allison Silverman 1972 American screenwriter
62 Dean Allison 1965 Canadian politician
63 Allison Weiss 1987 American singer-songwriter
64 Allison Wolfe 1969 American singer-songwriter
65 Allison Parks 1941 American actress and model
66 Allison Schroeder
67 Allison Hossack 1965 Canadian actress
68 Allison Stanger 1960 American academic
69 Bernard Allison 1965 American blues guitarist
70 Allison Kilkenny 1983 American journalist
71 Herbert M. Allison 1943 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability of the United States 2009-2010
72 Allison McKenzie 1979 British actress
73 Jeff Allison 1984 American former professional baseball pitcher
74 Allison Payne 1964 American journalist
75 William B. Allison 1829 Union Army officer
76 Allison MacKenzie
77 Allison Durbin 1950 New Zealand-born Australian pop singer
78 Guy Allison 1959 American composer, pianist, and producer
79 Allison Brennan 1969 American novelist
80 Allison Cratchley 1975 Australian actress
81 Allison Pataki 1984 American author
82 Dave Allison 1959 Canadian ice hockey player
83 Allison Hagendorf 1982 American broadcaster
84 Allison Pineau 1989 French handball player
85 Allison Miller 2000 Musician
86 Allison Sumrall
87 Allison Grodner American television director, producer and writer
88 Monica Allison 1968 American actress
89 Cliff Allison 1932 Bfritish racing driver
90 May Allison 1890 American actress
91 Dale Allison 1955 American historian of Early Christianity and Christian theologian
92 James A. Allison 1872 American entrepreneur and businessman
93 Dorothy Allison 1924 American psychic
94 Allison Moore 1984 American pornographic actress
95 Allison Abbate Producer
96 Stacy Allison First American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest
97 Allison Nimik 1985 Curler
98 George Allison 1883 English football manager
99 Allison Silberberg
100 Anne Allison 1950 Professor of cultural anthropology
101 Allison Davis 1902 American anthropologist
102 Allison Macfarlane 1964 American geologist
103 Samuel King Allison 1900 American physicist and nuclear scientist
104 Allison Dale Burroughs 1961 United States District Judge
105 Wilmer Allison 1904 US tennis player
106 Allison Reed 1994 Ice dancer
107 Allison Cook 1994
108 Allison Roe 1956 New Zealand long-distance runner
109 Allison Feaster 1976 American basketball player
110 Allison Brown 1968 American model
111 Amy Allison American country singer-songwriter
112 Allison Hedge Coke 1958 American author
113 Allison Fonte 1964 American musician
114 Joe Allison 1924 American songwriter, radio and television personality, record producer, and country music business executive
115 Allison Montana 1922 Mardi Gras Indian Chief of Chiefs
116 Aundrae Allison 1984 American football player
117 Ben Allison 1966 American jazz musician
118 Abraham K. Allison 1810 Politician
119 Allison Wagner 1977 American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
120 Allison Lange 1978 American actress
121 David B. Allison 1963 American obesity researcher and biostatistician
122 Allison Ball 1981
123 Will Allison 1968 American author
124 Jeremy Allison 1962 Computer programmer
125 Allison Dunbar
126 Allison Pottinger 1973 American curler
127 Allison Fischer 1988 American actress
128 Allison Kugel 1974 American journalist
129 Rick Allison 1964 Belgian singer
130 Anthony Clifford Allison 1925 Medical scientist and geneticist
131 Bill Allison American actor
132 Brett Allison 1968 Australian footballer
133 Sadie Allison 1965 Sex educator and author
134 Allison Perkins
135 Glenn Allison 1930 American ten-pin bowler
136 Allison Hirschlag American actress
137 Guillermo Allison 1990 Mexican association football player
138 Jay Allison Journalist
139 Allison Rutledge-Parisi American actress
140 Stub Allison 1892 American football, basketball, baseball coach
141 Jamie Allison 1975 Ice hockey player
142 Allison Kreiger 1983 American model
143 Jennifer Allison 1966 Author
144 Robert Allison 1961 British academic
145 Lyn Allison 1946 Australian politician
146 Allison Melnick 1971 American socialite
147 Allison Mleczko 1975 American ice hockey player
148 Gene Allison 1934 American R&B singer
149 Fred Allison 1882 American physicist
150 Peter Allison Author
151 Allison Danzig 1898 American sportswriter
152 Wick Allison 1948 American magazine publisher and author
153 Allison Beveridge 1993 Canadian cyclist
154 Doug Allison 1846 Major League Baseball player
155 Rodney Allison 1956 American football player and coach
156 Olivia Allison 1990 British synchronized swimmer
157 Aimee Allison 1969 American author, public affairs television host, and political activist
158 Allison Brooks 1917 United States Air Force general
159 Allison Argo 1953 Wildlife documentary maker
160 Ray Allison 1959 Ice hockey player
161 Allison Torneros Graffiti artist
162 Allison Arieff 1966 American architect
163 Austin Allison 1985 American entrepreneur
164 Allison Strong 1990 Pop singer, stage actress
165 Scott Allison 1972 Ice hockey player
166 Allison Joseph 1967 American poet
167 Allison Balfour
168 Allison Hightower 1988 American women's basketball player
169 Allison A. Campbell American chemist
170 Darren Allison 1968 English record producer,audio engineer, musician
171 Allison Jones 1984 American paralympic cyclist and skier
172 Allison Garrett 1964
173 Allison Brewer 1954 Canadian politician
174 Allison Nelson 1822 Confederate Army general and politician
175 Anthony Allison 1987 Association football player
176 Allison Christians
177 Mary Bruins Allison 1903 Physician
178 Wade Allison 1941 Physicist
179 Allison Glock American writer
180 Allison Higson 1973 Canadian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist, former world record-holder
181 Matt Allison Record producer
182 C. FitzSimons Allison 1927 American Episcopal bishop and an author
183 Allison Cameron 1963 Canadian classical composer
184 Mike Allison 1990
185 Allison Falk 1987 Association football player
186 Allison McGourty 1964 British music executive and film producer
187 Allison Amend 1974
188 Allison Machado 1982 Miss Oregon USA 2006
189 Charles Gary Allison American producer
190 Allison Sudradjat 1966 Australian public servant
191 Allison Green 1911 American politician
192 Drummond Allison 1921 War poet
193 Allison Miner 1949 American music manager
194 Allison Lefcort 1975 American artist
195 Falkner Allison 1907 Bishop of Winchester; Bishop of Chelmsford; British Anglican bishop
196 Allison Kaden 1977 American journalist
197 John Fall Allison 1825 Canadian pioneer settler, Justice of the Peace, and Gold Commissioner
198 Allison Jolly 1956 American sailor
199 Dana Allison 1966 Professional baseball player
200 Allison Paganetti 1984 United States Army officer