Dictionary of Family Names

Origin of the Surname MCALLISTER, MCCALLISTER.

MCALLISTER, MCCALLISTER. The son of Alister, the Gaelic, for Alexander. Callester, in the Welsh, signifies a flint, figuratively, an invincible man. Galluster, in Cornish British, expresses might, power.

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