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♂ Alister
What does Alister mean?
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).
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)
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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)
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.
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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