Given name & surname
Macallister
“the son of Alistair”
Macallister is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the son of Alistair.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the son of Alistair.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Macallister through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 271
- 271 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
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 17 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 271 as a first name in 2020; 902 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.
Macallister’s family of names
Macallister has a related form in McAllister. Macallister has a related form in MacAlister. Macallister has a related form in McAlister.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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