My Name and Its Meaning

My full name is Allison Christina Sanphillipo. My parents did not choose my first name for any significant reason. It was one of the names that they both really liked and could agree on. My mom really liked the names Sophia and Olivia, but my dad liked the name Allison. I would have been named Michael if I was a boy; this is because my dad’s name is Michael as well as my grandfather on my mom’s side, my mom’s brother, and his son. But I was named Allison and my younger brother was named Michael instead. My middle name is Christina because that is my mom’s sister’s name, who is my godmother.

Allison is of Germanic, French, Irish, and English origin. The Germanic meaning is “of noble birth.” The French meaning is “a 13th century variant of Alice meaning nobility.” The Irish meaning is “honest.” The English meaning is “variant of Alice: of the nobility.” Some nicknames people have for me are, in my family, Allie, and some of my friends call me Al. When you say my entire name together it is really long, and most people have trouble pronouncing and spelling my last name. People usually ask me how to pronounce my last name and what is its origin; the origin of my last name is Italian, but I could not find anything about what it means or its history.