Allister

Where Allister comes from

Anglicized from Alasdair, the Scottish Gaelic form of Alexander
— Wiktionary's entry for Allister
  • Scottish Gaelic
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1925
    First appearance
    #3,741 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2022
    Peak, #2,000
    76 babies named Allister — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.