Throughout the world, Riste (Rista 
, Riste 
, Hrista 
) is a common dominantly female, but infrequently masculine given name. The first name Riste is characteristic of North Macedonia, where it is quite a common male name, Indonesia, where it is quite a rare largely girly, but seldom boy's name, and Bulgaria, where it is a rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Indonesia, North Macedonia, and India. Likewise, Riste is the last name as well as the forename.