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Alister

What does Alister mean?

Alister Pronunciation of Alister as a boys' name has its root in Greek, and Alister means "man's defender, warrior". Alister is a variant form of Alastair (Scottish, Greek): Scottish version of Alistair. Alister is also a variation of Alexander (Greek).

STARTS/ENDS WITH Al-, -ter

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, defender, warrior

Variations

VARIANTS Alyster, Alystair, Allyster, Allystair, Allistir, Allister, Allistair, Allastir, Allaster, Allaistar, Alistir, Alistar, Alistaire, Alester, Aleister, Alastor, Alaster, Alasteir, Alaister, Alaistair

RELATED FORMS VIA ALASTAIR, ALEXANDER, ALISTAIR Alcinder, Alisander, Alisdair

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Alister Lenox (A.L.), ..

How popular is Alister?

Alister is a rare given name for men. Alister is an equally unique last name for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Alister was first listed in 2015 and reached its apex position of #1505 in the U.S. in the year 2017, and is at #1683 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Alister name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Alister outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular related forms of Alister (#1683 A YEAR AGO) appearing in the Top 2000 are Alexander (#11) and Alistair (#1004). Adoption of these forms of Alister was at its peak in 1993 (ADOPTION OF 1%) and is somewhat lower today (ADOPTION 0.7%, DOWN 35%). Alistair is the most fashionable birth name in this list.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Alister, Alexander, Alistair in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Alexander, Alistair outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Ailmer (see Aylmer), Alger, Alison, Alisson, Allger, Allmer, Allston, Alsten, Alstin, Alston, Altaer, Alten, Alter, Alvise, Amishar, Aristeo, Aristio, Aristo, Aristos, Asher, Asser, Atwater, Austen, Avishar, Buster, Caster, Chester, Christer, Coster, Dieter, Eliezer, Elisher, Fester, Fisher, Forster, Foster, Hollister, Kaiser, Kester, Krister, Lester, Mcalister, Minster, Nester, Oliver, Olivier, Pieter, Ritter, Slater, Vester, Webster, Whistler, Winter and Wister. These names tend to be more frequently used than Alister.

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