Alexis Mac Allister is so unlike an Argentinian name. If anything it sounds English to me.
I met an Argie in the park last week, Ramiro. We got onto the topic of footy, he said Mac Allister had a Scottish or Irish grandfather that settled in Argentina.
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It sounds like a corruption (presumably to help with pronunciation) of McAllister - a bit like our own Gary.
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Supposedly they left Dublin in Ireland in the 1860s/1880s,but with a name like Mac Allister i’d say they would have origionally come to Ireland from Scotland, probably in the 1600s.
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Is the Mc vs Mac difference a historically regional thing?
MacAllister sounds English. Really??
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Mac is Irish whilst Mc is Scottish.
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I didn’t realise MC Hammer was a Scot
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You mean, you couldn’t tell by his appalling dress sense?
(hides from any Scots on here)
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Was just about to ask what’s the difference.
Thanks.
Of course he is. They tend to wear strange things below their waists
Are you really going to shame me like this 
From the clan McHammer i take it
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Two Irishmen, One Scotsman and a Scouser from that famous song…
Mick, Mc, Paddy Whack :0)
I heard someone say his father, Carlos, looks like he made a surprise emergency loan move to Boca from Hibs.
They’re a football family. Carlos played for Argentinos and Boca, with Diego in the 80s/90s; he worked in the government as Secretary of Sport for some years, and now I believe he’s Alexis’ agent. He has two other sons, Kevin and Francis, who play for Argentinos and Rosario currently.
It’s probably more common to be the other way around but there’s no fixed rules.
Better me than one of our friends from north of the border.
Doesn’t the Mc or Mac stand for son of (learnt on my trip to Scotland).
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What I read is 2 out 3 Mc surnames originating in Oirland and 2 out of 3 Mac surnames originating in Bonnie Scotland.
Yes it does, Mac/Mc whatever you prefer.