Liston
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Liston by the numbers
Liston was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 27 babies in 1923, making it a 1920s name.
What we can tell you about Liston
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Liston. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lintonflax settlement; a place name3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lisbon5 in the US (2017)
- Laytonsettlement on the lea; a place name68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leytonsettlement on a meadow21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lawtonsettlement on the hill or stream45 in the US (2017)
- Lextonsettlement where leeks grow26 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Liston
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