[identity profile] sunshinefleur.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
which spelling do you prefer -- Alison or Allison?

ETA: Maitlynn isn't a real name, right? I know someone who says she's going to name her baby that, and I think it's awful :(

Date: 2009-09-26 09:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] schexyschteve.livejournal.com
Allison. The double L looks more complete.

Maitland is a real name. Maitlynn looks like a bastardized version of Caitlin.

Date: 2009-09-26 10:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] harinakshi.livejournal.com
Agreed, Alison doesn't look complete at all to me.

Date: 2009-09-27 02:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] forthemorrow.livejournal.com
Alison is actually the female version, Allison used to be the male version (pre-1960). I just read this actually. And every Alison I ever knew was just one 'l'. Both are female names now, however. : )

Date: 2009-09-27 02:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] schexyschteve.livejournal.com
To me, Alison looks like it would be the male name. Names are funny things.

Date: 2009-09-27 02:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] forthemorrow.livejournal.com
I agree actually, you would have thought it was the other way around. : )

Date: 2009-09-27 03:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moldycelery.livejournal.com
Alison and any variant was never a male name. It was a diminutive for Alice used by the Normans (-on was one of their diminutive endings, also seen in Marion).

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