Definition of "Allison"

Allison

/ˈælɪsən/

proper noun
countable and uncountable, plural Allisons
1. (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1950 usage.
  Quotations
  "Allison?" Surely that was a girl's name."It's after Davey Allison, the race car driver. He got killed right before the baby was born. Tracy and me wanted to honor his memory." It was a precise little speech. She must have explained the name many times.
  1994, Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills, Scribner's, page 81
3. (countable) A female given name from the Germanic languages, of 1940s and later usage, variant of Alison.
  Quotations
  Allison MacKenzie's father, for whom the child had been named, died when she was three years old.
  1956, Grace Metalious, Peyton Place, UPNE, published 1999, Book One, Chapter 4
4. A community in Moncton Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
5. A number of places in the United States:
  1. An unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado.
  2. A township in Lawrence County, Illinois.
  3. A small city, the county seat of Butler County, Iowa.
  4. A township in Decatur County, Kansas.
  5. An unincorporated community in Nodaway County, Missouri.
  6. A township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
  7. A township in Brown County, South Dakota.
  8. A census-designated place in Wheeler County, Texas.