Alison

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈælɪsən//

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

proper noun

1
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
He came up close and kneeling gently down He said, "My love, my dearest Alison, So help me God, I never again will hit You, love; and if I did, you asked for it.
“Fun Home” may have won several awards for author Alison Bechdel, but some Duke University freshmen were not impressed.
2
A surname.
3
A locality in the Central Coast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French Alisonder. Middle English Alisoun English Alison From Middle English Alisoun, from Old French Alison, brought to England by the Normans (from Anglo-Norman Alison, from Norman Alison), diminutive of Aliz, equivalent to English Alice, from Old High German Adalhaid (“of noble kind”).

Forms

plural: Alisons

Alike · A village in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India.alimony · A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a…alison · Synonym of alyssum.

Alison · A female given name from the Germanic languages.

Alistair · A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.alive · Having life; living; not dead.all · Every individual or anything of the given class, with no…

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