Alls

Alls is a term that can refer to several unrelated uses in language and onomastics. It is not a common modern English word, and when encountered it is usually in one of two senses: a surname, or as an archaic or dialectal form related to the word all.

As a surname, Alls is found in English-speaking populations. Surnames of this type often originate from medieval habitations, occupations, or as variants of longer names. Today the name is relatively rare, but it appears in historical and genealogical records from earlier centuries and across different regions, reflecting common patterns of name formation and spelling variation.

In linguistic and historical texts, alls may appear as a nonstandard plural or a dialectal form connected to the word all. Modern standard English uses all as both the determiner and pronoun, and its plural sense does not normally take an additional ending. Consequently, alls is mainly of interest to scholars of dialect literature, philology, and archival documents, rather than as part of everyday usage.

Other contemporary uses of Alls as a common noun or identifier are not widely recognized. When it does occur, it is typically as a proper noun in names, or in transcription of an historical form rather than as a current lexical item with a defined, general meaning.

See also All.