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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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[neroli.livejournal.com]

A previous poster suggested using Alice as a pet form of Alison.

Historically, it was Alison that was actually the pet form of Alice! The -on ending is a old French diminutive that you can also see in names like Marion, Manon, Madelon, and a lot of other names that don't happen to start with M.

As for a short form of Alison... Liss, Ace...? Nothing really jumps out as a natural candidate here, sorry!