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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: from a Middle English personal name, Alli, Alleye, as forms such as Johannes filius Alli (Norfolk, 1205) make clear. This is of Scandinavian origin, cognate with Old Danish Alli, Old Swedish Alle.
  2. Americanized form of French Hallé (see Halley).

Famous people with this last name: Kirstie Alley