Is Alasdair old fashioned?

[OwlOffshore]

Struggling with boys names here. DH keen on Alasdair but is it a bit old fashioned rather than classic?

We are in Scotland if that helps!

[CaTsMaMmA]

not Farquhar, or Finlay then? Or Crawford?



you probably never heard the Billy Connolly skit about Alasdair.... D-a-i-r

[Rivercam]

Old fashioned names are fashionable!

A few years ago, I would have considered names such as Harry, George, Albert, etc were considered old fashioned, and now they are everywhere.

If you like the name, use it!

[Highlandbird]

No it's a classic, I know a few of all different ages, including two babies.

[JasperDamerel]

I know two under five at the moment.

[GoofyIsACow]

I know two, 6&4

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

It looks old fashioned with that spelling, somehow.

I prefer Alistair.

[Purplehonesty]

I like it, it's my dad's name and I wanted to name ds after him but Dh didn't like it.
Nn can be ally/Ali

[KittyBennett]

I prefer Alastair

[Cloggal]

Beautiful, and I approve of the correct Gaelic spelling

I would have this on my list for any DS2, near the top.

[OwlOffshore]

I think we'd definitely go with that spelling. It's how we say it!

No, I don't know that sketch CaTsMaMmA (cannot stand Billy Connolly - all that swearing ! )

[TheFallenMadonna]

I love it! DD would have been Alastair had she been a boy. Alasdair is just as fab.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

So would you say Al-as-dare?

I don't like that. It sounds clumsy.

Would you pronounce Alistair or Alastair differently?

[SantanaLopez]

Mega popular with little boys in my neck of the woods, definitely not old fashioned.

[InAndOfMyself]

I don't know why but I've always found it to be such a pretentious name.

[OwlOffshore]

Yes, I think the d sound is slightly softer than the t sound. And "Alis" is different to "Alas"...

[Passmethecrisps]

I love it. I would have loved this as a boy's name had it not already been used by another family member.

I would pronounce it alass-dair

[Greenteandchives]

I have an Alasdair. He says he doesn't like it.

[Newbrummie]

I've only ever met one, he was a prize pillock

[Passmethecrisps]

What about Alexander as well?

[Cloggal]

There is a difference - between Gaelic 'd' in this case and English 't' - but it is so slight that it basically sounds the same in most accents and to most ears through. So 'Al-is-der/ter' with stress on first syllable. (I know many Gaelic speakers who would pronounce the final R close to TH, but that's a whole other thing )

[WindMeUpAndLetMeGo]

Have a nephew called Alasdair, lovely Scottish name.

[Cloggal]

Aww greentea it's a lovely name, he will thank you in the end :)

[Greenteandchives]

I agree Cloggal

[BagsyThisName]

Lovely name, looks and sounds right with that spelling

I know a fab one.

[MitzyLeFrouf]

The thing that would put me off the name is the number of spelling variations. Every A* I meet spells it different to the last.