Throughout the world, Rister (Rister 
, Ристер 
, 里斯特) is a rare epicene forename. The first name Rister is characteristic of Peru, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but seldom feminine name, Tanzania, where it is a rare feminine name, and Philippines, where it is a very rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Peru, Tanzania, and India. More prevalently, Rister is the last name as well as the forename.