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Is Alasdair old fashioned?

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OwlOffshore · 17/06/2015 19:39

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!

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Polarbearcub · 19/06/2015 13:12

Lovely name- and prefer the 'd' spelling too

ohlordyplordy · 19/06/2015 12:13

I love it. We are having a dd, but if we'd had a boy it would have been Alistair (we're in England so would spell/ pronounce it subtly differently).

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OwlOffshore · 18/06/2015 22:18

Yes, fab names weebarra!

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Cloggal · 18/06/2015 21:31

You've got smashing taste weebarra. All lovely names.

weebarra · 18/06/2015 20:55

I've got one - spelt Alasdair, he's 4. We mainly call him Ali or Al, but he tells me that he loves his "big name".
We are Scottish but not posh, the other names on my shortlist for him were Innes,Murdo and Angus (not a national stereotype at all, me)

WankerDeAsalWipe · 18/06/2015 20:51

It's DS2s middle name but with a "t" DH says its really wet spelled with a "d" :o

I've also seen Alister which I quite like for it's simplicity.

CakeRattleandRoll · 18/06/2015 15:45

Love it.

Newbrummie · 17/06/2015 21:00

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

MitzyLeFrouf · 17/06/2015 20:52

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.

BagsyThisName · 17/06/2015 20:47

Lovely name, looks and sounds right with that spelling

I know a fab one.

Greenteandchives · 17/06/2015 20:37

I agree Cloggal Smile

Cloggal · 17/06/2015 20:34

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

WindMeUpAndLetMeGo · 17/06/2015 20:34

Have a nephew called Alasdair, lovely Scottish name.

Cloggal · 17/06/2015 20:33

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 Grin )

Passmethecrisps · 17/06/2015 20:33

What about Alexander as well?

Newbrummie · 17/06/2015 20:31

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

Greenteandchives · 17/06/2015 20:31

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

Passmethecrisps · 17/06/2015 20:31

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

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OwlOffshore · 17/06/2015 20:30

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

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InAndOfMyself · 17/06/2015 20:30

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

SantanaLopez · 17/06/2015 20:28

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

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 17/06/2015 20:27

So would you say Al-as-dare?

I don't like that. It sounds clumsy.

Would you pronounce Alistair or Alastair differently?

TheFallenMadonna · 17/06/2015 20:23

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

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OwlOffshore · 17/06/2015 20:21

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 ! Blush)

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Cloggal · 17/06/2015 20:01

Beautiful, and I approve of the correct Gaelic spelling Wink

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

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