Alister - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Alister \a-lis-ter, al(i)-ster\ is a variant of Alastair (Greek), Alexander (Greek) and Alistair (Greek), and the meaning of Alister is "man's defender; man's defender, warrior".

The baby name Alister sounds like Alyster, Allister, Alistar, Alester, Aleister, Alaister, Alaster and Alistir. Other similar baby names are Allyster, Allistir, Allaster, Alastor, Alasteir, Alsten and Alter.

Alister is an uncommon first name for men and an equally uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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