Meaning 
The name Alyson has the following meaning: A truthful and morally strong person. The name soared to popularity since the mid 1800's due to the success of the Lewis Caroll novel, Alice in Wonderland.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.
Popularity 
As a baby girl name, Alyson is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 457 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Alyson rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 2 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 481 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Alyson in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Alyson and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Alyson: Boys - Wilbur, Girls - Adelia, Adelle, Berdie, Deloise, Harriett, Henriette, Herminia, Karla, Theda, Willa, Both genders - Jocelyn
Variants 
The name Alyson is a variant of Alice. Other popular variants of the name Alice are: Aili (Scottish), Alecia, Alehsa, Alesia, Alessa, Ali (Nickname), Alica (Hungarian), Alice (German), Alicea, Alicia (Spanish), Alika, Alikah, Alisa, Alise, Alishah, Alishay, Alishya, Alisia (Polish), Alisse, Alissya, Aliz (Polish), Alli (Nickname), Allie, Allisanne, Allison (English), Allisun, Ally, Allyce, Allys, Alyce, Alysa, Alyse, Alysha, Alysia, Alyson (English), Alyssa, Alyssaya, Alysse, Alyssia, Elissa, Elsa, Elyse, Elyssa, Illysa, Illyssa, Ilysa, Licha (Spanish)
Style 
We think the name Alyson should fall under the following style category: Traditional. See other Traditional girl names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Alyson to be: A dreamy person who is young at heart, kind, and gentleIn one word, you might describe Alyson as a(n) " dreamy" person. See other "dreamy" names for girls.
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