Alyson Forename
Approximately 40,525 people bear this name
Alyson Forename Definition:
A female name. a pet-name for Alice (q.v.), formed by the addition of the suffix -on to the French Alis, Aalis. It was common in France from the 13th C and was often treated as an independent name. It was still common in England in the 17th C, especially in the North country, where it often appears as Alicen.
Read More About This ForenameAlyson Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 19,192 | 1:18,890 | 1,586 |
| Brazil | 100% | 8,657 | 1:24,747 | 2,181 |
| England | 100% | 6,248 | 1:8,899 | 736 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,601 | 1:20,695 | 1,857 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,214 | 1:2,549 | 412 |
| Australia | - | 917 | 1:14,894 | 1,178 |
| Scotland | 100% | 862 | 1:6,207 | 538 |
| South Africa | 97% | 220 | 1:247,876 | 14,944 |
| Philippines | 56% | 185 | 1:573,024 | 18,360 |
| New Zealand | - | 169 | 1:26,840 | 1,861 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 130 | 1:14,178 | 878 |
| Belgium | 100% | 124 | 1:92,662 | 3,306 |
| Chile | 100% | 115 | 1:153,106 | 3,191 |
| France | 100% | 105 | 1:633,051 | 6,119 |
| Spain | 100% | 76 | 1:612,236 | 7,010 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 49 | 1:344,940 | 10,093 |
| Ecuador | - | 46 | 1:385,368 | 4,728 |
| Thailand | 98% | 42 | 1:1,668,234 | 50,084 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 40 | 1:402,711 | 4,142 |
| Zimbabwe | 89% | 39 | 1:395,482 | 19,357 |
| Ireland | 100% | 36 | 1:128,987 | 2,887 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 31 | 1:43,917 | 4,089 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 25 | 1:137,105 | 3,072 |
| Germany | 100% | 20 | 1:4,833,894 | 19,927 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 18 | 1:456,305 | 7,530 |
| Jersey | - | 16 | 1:6,249 | 672 |
| Malaysia | 70% | 16 | 1:1,903,121 | 56,176 |
| Mexico | 100% | 16 | 1:7,759,027 | 26,141 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 16 | 1:1,887,618 | 33,763 |
| Singapore | - | 15 | 1:419,137 | 10,588 |
| Jamaica | - | 13 | 1:221,787 | 7,032 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 11 | 1:322,755 | 3,178 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 10 | 1:3,125 | 680 |
| Honduras | 100% | 10 | 1:881,747 | 10,598 |
| Peru | 78% | 10 | 1:3,179,145 | 27,401 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 10 | 1:58,096 | 3,433 |
| China | - | 8 | 1:170,756,973 | 72,230 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| India | 75% | 8 | 1:151,859,746 | 1,755,835 |
| Russia | 100% | 8 | 1:18,029,213 | 55,117 |
| Uganda | 57% | 8 | 1:5,119,615 | 45,522 |
| Costa Rica | 83% | 7 | 1:681,135 | 8,843 |
| Panama | - | 7 | 1:558,080 | 14,722 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Sweden | 83% | 6 | 1:1,642,984 | 27,315 |
| Austria | - | 5 | 1:1,702,840 | 9,344 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Italy | 100% | 4 | 1:15,265,522 | 38,916 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Norway | 100% | 4 | 1:1,283,082 | 16,224 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33% | 4 | 1:2,038,078 | 115,092 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Taiwan | - | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Mauritius | - | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1 | 1:177,564,360 | 489,087 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Ályson (1) are calculated separately.
Alyson (29) may also be a surname.
Alyson Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. a pet-name for Alice (q.v.), formed by the addition of the suffix -on to the French Alis, Aalis. It was common in France from the 13th C and was often treated as an independent name. It was still common in England in the 17th C, especially in the North country, where it often appears as Alicen. It is now mainly confined to Scotland where it is sometimes abbreviated to Ailie. The literary locus classicus of the name is the Middle English poem with its refrain ‘From alle wymmen my love is lent, Ant lyht on Alisoun’.
Alison Chaucer Canterbury Tales c. 1386. Alisceon, Alison Yorks Wills 15th C. Alisone, Alyson, Alson Lincs Wills 1450-3. Alicen, Allison A list of the Roman Catholics in the County of Yorks in 1604 1604.
A Greek name, meaning: A flower of the genus Alyssum.
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