Liges town or settlement of the court
Derived from an English surname, Liston likely refers to a specific location such as Liston in Essex. It combines an Old English personal name or the word for 'court' with the suffix '-tun', meaning town or settlement.
Less common today
Liston isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #7,723 in 2008.
World heavyweight boxing champion
Prominent theologian and dean of Yale Divinity School
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
