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Alastair?

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JohnTheJonathan · 12/09/2020 22:26

Hello, one of mine and DW's favourite boys names is Alexander, along with all of the nicknames. However, because of its huge popularity I am rather put off of it so when thinking of other names I came up with Alastair as it has a similar kind of feel and sound to it as Alexander, but is slightly more unusual. Do people like it? Thank you

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Edenember · 15/09/2020 13:53

Like it, much prefer the Alasdair spelling

DappledThings · 15/09/2020 12:34

One of England's greatest ever cricketers. Makes it a winner for me!

Ewanthescreamsheep · 15/09/2020 11:00

We have an Alistair and we never meet any others.
We went with this ^^ spelling, as it was the most popular according to ONS, so might get misspelt less often than some variants :)

MikeUniformMike · 15/09/2020 10:01

Really like it but would spell it Alistair.
It might get misspelled a bit.

PerveenMistry · 15/09/2020 09:32

@JohnTheJonathan

Hello, one of mine and DW's favourite boys names is Alexander, along with all of the nicknames. However, because of its huge popularity I am rather put off of it so when thinking of other names I came up with Alastair as it has a similar kind of feel and sound to it as Alexander, but is slightly more unusual. Do people like it? Thank you

Love the name.

weebarra · 15/09/2020 08:05

@plinkplinkfizzer

scottish tory name always has been .
I'm sure Alasdair Gray would have been delighted to hear that!!
Ojj37 · 15/09/2020 07:25

Lovely name

MercyBodle · 15/09/2020 07:01

Good name.

Ginger1982 · 14/09/2020 18:44

@plinkplinkfizzer

scottish tory name always has been .
ODFOD
17caterpillars1mouse · 14/09/2020 18:43

I love Alistair and we considered it, but had girls. I slightly prefer Alasdair though, just looks more handsome

CakeRattleandRoll · 14/09/2020 14:37

One of my favourite boy's names, although prefer the Alasdair spelling.

CaffiSaliMali · 14/09/2020 08:37

I like Alastair - it's well known but not overused. A solid classic.

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JohnTheJonathan · 13/09/2020 09:54

@plinkplinkfizzer and what’s wrong with it being a “Scottish Tory” name?

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Bassarid · 13/09/2020 02:59

It's a fine name, but definitely a "t" south of the border

Toddlerteaplease · 13/09/2020 02:39

I love it But couldn't use it as my first cabbage patch kid was called Alistair Malcolm. And I still have him. Problem is that my best friend is actually called Malcolm, and. I find it difficult to take the name seriously!

WorriedMutha · 13/09/2020 02:30

I'm a fan. It was one of our faves but then we had a girl. I like classic names rather than faddish trendy types. I'm attracted to the Scottish classics like Alastair and Cameron. Timeless I think.

Happylittlethoughts · 13/09/2020 02:17

"scottish tory name always has been "
🤣🤣 my first thought too!
I prefer Alexander

plinkplinkfizzer · 13/09/2020 01:50

scottish tory name always has been .

AlwaysLatte · 13/09/2020 00:50

It was one of the top ones on our list, love it.

janetmendoza · 13/09/2020 00:36

Alistair is great but I do prefer that spelling.

Tillygetsit · 13/09/2020 00:19

I love it.

ellentree · 12/09/2020 23:59

It's ok, don't love it, don't hate it. However, I really love Alexander so I would go with that.

Firebird83 · 12/09/2020 23:22

It’s great. I like the Alastair spelling best.

Timeforanotherusername · 12/09/2020 23:21

I would say though that Alistair is the more common spelling. So you may have to spell out Alastair quite a lot.

Timeforanotherusername · 12/09/2020 23:20

It's a good Scottish name.

I actually really like the name Alexander. Alastair is cool too.

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