Meanings
plural McAllisters · alternative McAlester · alternative McAlister · alternative McCalister · alternative McCallister · alternative McCollister
- countableuncountableA patrilineal surname from Scottish Gaelic.
At a community event Tuesday night, Union City Police Chief Darryl McAllister talked with members of the Sikh community about how his department could work to prevent Union City from becoming the next California community rocked by an attack on a Sikh man.
2018 August 10, Dakin Andone, “After brutal attack on a Sikh man, police chief is ‘disgusted’ to learn his son is one of the suspects”, in CNN, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2018 - countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Madison County, Montana, United States.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States.
Origin
- Scottish GaelicMac Alasdair“son of Alexander”
- EnglishMcAllister
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”). By surface analysis, Mc- + Allister.
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McAllister. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McAllister
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