Alison
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English
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Etymology
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”). Became Middle English Alisoun.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alison (countable and uncountable, plural Alisons)
- (countable) A female given name from the Germanic languages.
- 1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Wife of Bath's Prologue”, in Nevill Coghill, transl., The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977:
- 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.
- (countable) A surname.
- A semi-rural suburb in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
Derived terms
Diminutives of the female given name
Translations
female given name