Alisson
Meaning
variant of Allison, from Alice, "noble"; in Brazil overwhelmingly a boys' name, a 1990s wave spelling with two esses
The story
Alisson holds two Behind the Name entries of its very own: a masculine Brazilian variant of Allison, whose notable bearer is the soccer goalkeeper Alisson Ramses Becker, born in 1992, and a feminine English and French variant of Alison; behind them all stands Alice, from the Old French Aalis, a short form of Adelais, from the Germanic Adalheidis. The double-s spelling leads two different lives. In the United States it is a girls' line: about 1,300 in the 2000s, about 3,050 in the 2010s, about 2,500 so far this decade. In Brazil it is overwhelmingly a boys' name, about 118,700 men out of about 119,600 bearers, median age twenty-three. One spelling, one ocean, and two nearly opposite answers to the question of who wears it.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Alisson peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
119,578 people · the #272 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,698 · median age 23
Among people named Alisson living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 5,315 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Alisson
Most people given the name Alisson in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Alisson deep dive
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