Alastair - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 3 syll. a-las-tai(r), al-asta-ir ] The boy name Alastair is pronounced as AELahSTEHR ^KEY. Alastair is used mostly in the Scottish and English languages, and it is of Old Greek origin.

Alastair is a variation (Scottish) of the Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic name Alexander.

Alastair is also a variant spelling of the English and Scottish name Alistair.

Alastair is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Alastair, the Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic Alexander was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Alastair include the English and Scottish Alistair, the English Alistaire, the Scottish Alasdair, the English and Scottish Alaster, the English Alastor, the English Aleister, the English and Scottish Alisdair, the Scottish and English Alister, the English and Scottish Allaster, the English Allister, the Irish Alastar, and the English Alexandor.

Details of famous persons named Alastair:
Actor Alastair Sim, born 9 October 1900 - 19 August 1976, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Journalist Alastair Burnet, born 17 March 1928, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

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