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allis Name Meaning and History

English: from the Middle English and Old French female personal name Alis (Alice), which, together with its diminutive Alison, was extremely popular in England in the Middle Ages. The personal name is of Germanic origin, brought to England from France by the Normans; it is a contracted form of Germanic Adalhaid(is), which is composed of the elements adal ‘noble’ + haid ‘brilliance’, ‘beauty’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the allis family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of allis Families in the US in 1920
Number of allis families
 34-66
 12-33		 1-11
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Threads: 38 - Messages: 139
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Allis (and Bouman) - Amsterdam, Netherlands. ameliasera 1
?'s about Jemima Graves Sue Allis 9
John C. Allis, Lincolnshire or Springfield robertburns49 2
Gilbert Allis lisamschmitt 2
Mary Allis lisamschmitt 0
Larah or Laura Wilson Janet Hurley 5
Allis, Thayer BForgy9296 0
David Allis, married to Sarah Pendal in 1740 elisabethecole1 0
Israel Allis 072319 18
Looking for a Laurel Allis martin0515 0
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