Mrs. mske and I are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our first child, due in early to mid-march. All indications are that it will be a girl. We are very excited.
We have picked out a name, but are having a hard time deciding the final spelling of it. The options are Allison/Alison/Alyson.
I myself am leaning towards Allison, but am not 100% sold. Which variation do you like?
I appreciate the input! Thanks!
Alice-on
Alesson
Aylysyn
Or Alison which i like best…
Though looking at Aylysyn I kinda like that…
Allyson
My preference is Alison – probably the most commonly spelled version. I’m highly against spellings of names that would require my child to have to correct people for the rest of their lives.
Good luck and congratulations!
Allison seems to be the standard, default spelling, so I think you should go with it. Variants are cute for about five minutes, but after that they’re an open invitation for everybody to misspell your daughter’s name for the rest of her life.
I think I would also go with Allyson/Alyson… just to keep away from the “norm”
nice name though…
Allison
I love Alyson
I spelled my daughters name Kelli.
She is 5 years old, my family members still spell it wrong. Sometimes it is hard to find things with her name on them. (barrets, stationary, ect. ) But she is the only Kelli in her class.
Alison
Al.
To be a little more helpful (from this site):
“ALISON: Diminutive form of Old German Alice, “woman of noble estate.” Variants include Aili, Alisann, Alisanne, Alisoun, Alisun, Allcen, Allcenne, Allicen, Allicenne, Allie, Allisann, Allisanne, Allison, Allisoun, Allsun, Ally, Allysann, Allysanne, Allyson, Allysoun, Alysan, Alysann, Alysanne, Alyson, Alysoun.”
I vote for Alison or Alyson. She’s going to be telling people how to spell it her entire life; might as well make it as short as possible.
I like Alyson myself. I think it’s pretty.
I like Allyson. There are so many versions that she’ll be asked how to spell it whichever one you pick
Allyson - and you can call her “Ally” - by then no one will remember the train wreck that was Ally McBeal.
Names that have to be spelled out for people constantly are a huge pain in the ass. Sure, as the parent you like it but you won’t have to spend the rest of your life on Earth correcting people on how to spell it. Don’t get me started on legal forms, drivers licenses, insurance paperwork…
–Mamapotomus, daughter of a creative speller
I really like Alyson.
I’ve always liked the name “Laura,” so spell it L-A-U-R-A but pronounce it “Alison.”
I’m also going to vote for going with the traditional spelling of “Allison.” Having to spell one’s name over and over, and still have it misspelled half of the time gets very tedious, very quickly. Make her life a tiny bit easier by giving her a name which requires as little explanation as possible.
Alyson, it’s lovely.
And you can call her “Ally” whatever spelling you choose, and that’s an equally lovely dimunitive.
Hey - that’s what my parents did with me.
except for the part about pronouncing it “Alison”.
I like aLlIsOn. The capital/lowercase combination is important. 
And that was supposed to be small, not big. I will, someday, learn to preview, dangnabit.