Alister \a-lis-ter, al(i)-ster\ as a boy's name is a variant of Alastair (Greek), Alexander (Greek) and Alistair (Greek), and the meaning of Alister is "man's defender; man's defender, warrior".

The baby name Alister sounds like Alyster, Allister, Alistar, Alester, Aleister, Alaister, Alaster and Alistir. Other similar baby names are Allyster, Allistir, Allaster, Alastor, Alasteir, Alsten and Alter.