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SOURCE: Given Name
PRONOUNCED: AL-i-sən
OTHER FORMS: Alison
CONTRIBUTOR: anonymous on 3/28/2014
Meaning & History
Patronymic from a Middle English male personal name, most likely
ALLEN, but other possibilities include
ELLIS or of a short form of
ALEXANDER.
It could also be a matronymic of
ALICE.