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Ally is a common unisex given name. It is a variant of Allie.^[1]

People

• Ally Carter, American author of young adult and adult fiction
• Ally Fowler (born Alexandra Fowler in 1961), Australian actress in 1980s soap operas
• Ally Gallacher (1909-1964), Scottish football manager
• Ally McCoist (born 1962), Scottish former professional football (soccer) player
• Ally MacLeod (1931–2004), Scottish professional football player, and manager
• Ally Maxwell (born 1965), Scottish football coach and former professional footballer
• Ally Ridgers (born 1980), professional footballer for Scottish Premier League side Inverness CT
• Ally Sheedy (born 1962), American screen and stage actress
• Ally Green, Bahraini local icon often nicknamed "Ms. President"
• Ally Shewan, Scottish former football player
• Ally Walker (born Allene Walker in 1961), American actress
• Aziza Sleyum Ally, Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania
• Carl Ally (1924–1999), American advertising executive who founded Ally & Gargano
• Tony Ally (born 1973), British diver
• Ally Crowe (Born 1988) Soccer Player
• Ally Hauptman (Born 1992) My best friend!
• Ally Socorssi (Born 1994) Cheerleader

Places

• Ally, Cantal, a community in France
• Ally, Haute-Loire, a community in France
• Ally, a nickname for Alyeska Resort, a ski resort in Girdwood, Alaska

Entertainment

• Ally, sister of Betty Spaghetty, a bendable rubber doll from the Ohio Art Company
• Ally (1999-2000), the short-lived half-hour sitcom spin-off of Ally McBeal (1997-2002), both American television series on the FOX network.
• Ally Sloper, one of the earliest fictional comic strip characters, created for the British magazine Judy
  • Ally Sloper's Half Holiday, British comic, first published on May 3rd 1884
• Ally's Tartan Army, a novelty record released by Scottish comedian Andy Cameron
• Ally's World, a series of books written for young adults by Karen McCombie
• Know Your Ally: Britain, WWII propaganda film produced by the US War Department and Signal Corp
• Madylin Sweeten, an American teen actor who played Ally Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond

Other

Ally Bank, the new name of GMAC's banking unit effective May 15, 2009

Variations

"Ally" might be given as a nickname to Allison (Alyson, Alison, Allyson, etc.), Alastair (Alistair, Alasdair, etc.), or Aleisha (Alesha, etc). Different spellings could also be Ali, Allie, Alliee, etc. Ally also might be given to Alexandra or Alyssa.

See also

• Ali (disambiguation)
• Alli
• Allie

References

1. ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Ally

External links

• "Ally" at Wiktionary

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Proper noun

Ally

1. A diminutive of the female given names Alison, Alice and Alexandra.
2. A diminutive of the male given name Alfred or of other names beginning with Al-.

Quotations

• 1880 Alfred Tennyson: To Alfred Tennyson, My Grandson:

  Golden-hair'd Ally whose name is one with mine,

  Crazy with laughter and babble and earth's new wine

Anagrams

• Anagrams of ally
• y'all, ya'll