ALLIE  

Gender: F
Origin: Variation or diminutive of ALI, ALICE or ALLISON

Popularity in 2008: #230

Short form that's gotten so popular it's often used as a name on its own. Cute, friendly, yet we'd recommend using one of the proper names to give your daughter an option.

Allie is being discussed in our message boards:

• Once a Nickname... Always a Nickname???
• Names in Your Child's Class/Daycare/Playgroup
• An Aversion To "Y"
• I'm going to go insane! Nn for Charlotte
• Names like Lexi

Read Nameberry blog posts about Allie:

• LITERARY SIB SETS--AS IN AMY, BETH, MEG & JO
• TIGER WOODS NAMES BABY CHARLIE, A SIBLING FOR SAM. But Which Is The Boy and Which Is The Girl?