Given name & surname
MacAlister
“the son of Alistair”
MacAlister is a variant of Macallister. One interpretation is “the son of Alistair.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
MacAlister is a variant of Macallister. One interpretation is “the son of Alistair.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
MacAlister through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 96
- 96 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 203 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
MacAlister’s family of names
MacAlister has a related form in Macallister.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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