Alease

Alease is an English given name most likely representing a phonetic spelling or regional variation of Alease's close relatives Alice and Elise. Alice derives ultimately from the Old French form of the Germanic name Adalheidis, composed of the elements adal, meaning noble, and heid, meaning kind or type, while Elise is a short form of Elisabeth, itself from the Hebrew Elisheba, meaning my God is an oath. Alease reflects the tradition, especially common in the American South, of creating distinctive spellings of familiar names to produce individualized forms. Related names include Alice, Alise, Aleece, Elise, and Alyse.