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Allison
A-lih-suhn
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A surname and, since the 1940s, a popular female given name, a variant of Alison.
"Allison started her new job on Monday."
Word Forms
Allisons plural
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Etymology
From a Middle English diminutive of Alan, Alexander, or Alice + -son.