Lyster Family History
Lyster Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Lister . Norwegian: habitational name from the farm name Ljøsta in Romsdal probably derived from Old Norse ljóstr ‘fishing spear leister’. Danish: nickname originally from Bornholm derived from a word for a fishing tackle for catching eel. Dutch: variant archaic or Americanized of Lijster a nickname from lijster ‘thrush’. Possibly also an Americanized form of German Leister .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022