Alison

Norman French, diminutive of Alice

"noble"

Alison Origin and Meaning

The name Alison is a girl's name of Scottish origin meaning "noble".

Alison has been long popular in Scotland and widely used here since the fifties. This more feminine medieval elaboration of Alice had long surpassed the original in popularity, but now sounds a tad dated in the U.S., with Alice having leapfrogged back over Alison, Allison, Alicia and other variations.

Last year, about 650 baby girls were named Alison in the US, versus four times that many called Allison and five times that number, about 3300, named Alice.

Alison Rank in US Top 1000

# 471 in the US

Alison Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1429 on Nameberry

Alison Popularity

• 471 US 2023
• 1429 Nameberry 2024
• 639 Future 2028
• 86 Mexico 2021

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Famous People Named Alison

• Alison Maria Krauss American country and bluegrass singer
• Alison Ann "Ali" Sweeney American actress
• Alison Marion Lohman American actress
• Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter American actress
• Alison Loren Sudol American musician of A Fine Frenzy
• Alison "Ali" Hewson Irish activist, wife of singer Bono
• Alison Margaret Arngrim American actress
• Alison Courtney Pill Canadian actress
• Alison Brie (Schermerhorn) American actress
• Alison "Ali" Gertz American AIDS activist
• (Geneviève) Alison Jane Moyet English singer
• Alison Riske American tennis player
• Alison Steadman English actress
• Alison Weir English novelist
• Alison Van Uytvanck Belgian tennis player
• Alison Bechdel American cartoonist
• Alison Bai Australian tennis player
• Alison Brown American banjo player
• Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp English musician of duo Goldfrapp
• Alison Joy Leggatt English actress
• Alison Wheeler English singer of The Beautiful South
• Alison Laura Carroll English gymnast, model and actress; model for Lara Croft
• Alison Jane Uttley English children's author
• Alison King English actress
• Alison Parker American News Reporter shot on live TV
• Alison "Ali" Oetjen Australian reality TV star
• Alison Eastwood (b. 1972) American actress; daughter of actor Clint Eastwood
• Taylor Alison Swift American singer and songwriter

Alison in Pop Culture

• Alison DiLaurentis character in the Pretty Little Liars series
• Alison Hendrix character in TV's "Orphan Black"
• Alison Humphrey character in the Gossip Girl series
• Alison Robb character in the Canterwood Crest series
• Alison Barrington Kovich character in TV soap "Port Charles"
• Alison Mongrain character in Spider,Man comics
• Alison Argent character on TV's Teen Wolf
• Alison Bailey lead character on TV's "The Affair"
• Alison O'Sullivan character in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
• Alison Stanhope title character in "Alison's House," play by Susan Glaspell
• Alison Findlay main character in "Alison's Birthday," 1981 Australian horror movie
• Alison Ford character in "Portrait of Alison," British movie and TV series
• Alison Poole character in Jay McInerney's novel "Story of My Life", recurring character in Bret Easton Ellis's novels
• Alison Sedge a character in The Deptford Mice trilogy of books by Robin Jarvis
• Alison Ashley main character in "Hating Alison Ashley" by Robin Klein
• "Alison " song by Elvis Costello
• "Alison " song by Slowdive
• "Alison " song by French singer Jordy Lemoine
• "Alison Hell" song by Annihilator
• "Alison's Starting To Happen" song by The Lemonheads
• "Alison's the Bomb" song by The Huntingtons
• "Alison and Willie " English folk song
• "Alison and Maud " BBC radio comedy series