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[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

My friend and her boyfriend (or common-law husband/partner - not sure what you'd call them at this point), are trying to conceive. They've discussed baby names and length, so I thought I'd see what everyone thinks of Alison/Allison/Alyson. Have you seen any other spellings? Are there any cute nn besides Ali? (My neighbour is an Allison, and when she was younger, she was called the Alligator, which is cute for a wee one, but what about as they get older?)


Thanks!

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[joelenebeverly.livejournal.com]

My aunt's name is Alisoun - not sure where that spelling came from!

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

Is she French? Most of the French girls I know named Allison seem to pronounce it more like Alisoun.

[joelenebeverly.livejournal.com]

nope, shes Irish/Scottish.

[neroli.livejournal.com]

This is one of the older spellings of the name, from back in the day when spellings were less standardized.

If you read Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" in Middle English (usually they'll just throw you in the deep end with this in English lit class - you can figure it out as you go along), you will see the miller's wife's name spelled in 2 or 3 different ways. One of these spellings is Alisoun.

[cluckydude.livejournal.com]

Common in England, apparently (I know someone with the same spelling).


For the OP:
My friend and her boyfriend (or common-law husband/partner - not sure what you'd call them at this point),

Uh, partner? I mean, if he's her boyfriend *or* her husband *or* her common-law *or* her lover *or* her wife *or* whatever, partner works, doesn't it?

For the record, Allison or Alison - with a Y is uneek, IMO.