Message: "Re: Derivations of Alison and Allison"

Re: Derivations of Alison and Allison

by Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

10/5/2006, 11:58 AM

in reply to a message by Marija Luminitsa

Alison can go back to the French diminutive of Alice formed by adding -on, but according to Reaney & Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames, it can also go back to either "son of Alice" or "son of Alan". This would be especially true of the spelling Allison, and Allison is definitely the most common spelling of the female given name in the modern United States.

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