Alison
/ˈælɪsən/noun
A feminine given name, a medieval form of Alice.
Did you know?In Middle English, Alison was also spelled Alisoun and became especially recognizable through Chaucer’s lively character Alison in The Canterbury Tales.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*aþal-haidī
“Noble kind or noble nature”
Old High German
OHG
Adalheid
“Noble nature or noble appearance”
8th Century
Latin
Adalheidis
“The Latinized form of the Germanic personal name”
12th Century
Old French
Aalis
“A shortened form of Adelheidis”
13th–14th Century
Middle English
Alisoun
“A feminine personal name, later also written Alison”
Modern English
English
Alison
“A feminine given name”