Given name & surname
Mcalester
“son of Alexander”
McAlester is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
McAlester is a form of McAllister. McAllister goes back to Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair, meaning “son of Alexander.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
McAlester is a form of McAllister. McAllister comes from Scottish Gaelic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mcalester’s family of names
In English usage, Mcalester as a surname has a related form in McAllister.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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