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Arthur or Alistair?

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Purpletopaz42 · 16/02/2023 16:18

Narrowed it down to two, DH prefers Arthur slightly more and I prefer Alistair slightly more, which do you prefer?

Also, although we really like both t
names, we're not as keen on Art, Artie, Al, Ally, so if anyone has any nickname suggestions that would be great, thank you.

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PremiumB · 19/02/2023 17:58

I think I’d go for Alistair but I like Alastair just as much. I don’t like the D as much which is irrational as it’s still a lovely name with it !

yousexybugger · 18/02/2023 15:07

I think it depends where you are- in England at least I think people will assume Alistair is the spelling. Alasdair looks really nice though.

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Purpletopaz42 · 18/02/2023 14:38

Thank you for all the responses 🙂 It is very much appreciated. We still haven't decided, might end up waiting until he's born but it was great hearing everybody's thoughts. I was just thinking, Arthur only has one spelling but with Alistair, there's also Alastair and Alasdair, so I was just wondering which spelling people prefer? Many thanks

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Luredbyapomegranate · 18/02/2023 09:52

Alistair

I love Arthur but it’s been done to death

Alistair is the default spelling outside Scotland so you won’t have any trouble with it. I know 3, 2 are just Alistair and one is Al.

Choconut · 17/02/2023 18:14

I don't like Alistair, much prefer Arthur and only know 1.

hiyaKen · 17/02/2023 18:08

Alastair because Arrrrrfer

user1492757084 · 17/02/2023 13:10

Alistair is handsome and has great meaning.
I know a couple of Alistairs and they go by their full name.

hugefanofcheese · 17/02/2023 09:28

Alistair is lovely. Ali is a good nn, I also know an Alistair known as Sandy. Agree with a PP that you could pick a middle name to make an initial nickname- Joseph, Jack or Joshua maybe.

emmathedilemma · 17/02/2023 09:25

Alistair

LightHousePanda · 17/02/2023 08:56

I like both and I have an Alasdair. One good thing about Arthur is that there's just the one spelling. You'll get different spellings of Alistair. Then again it's such a nice name and isn't as popular as Arthur.

Belladonna208 · 17/02/2023 08:51

Alistair - good strong traditional name especially in Scotland, lots of different spellings too.

MajorCarolDanvers · 17/02/2023 08:43

Alistair - good Scottish name.

Most of those I know shorten it to Ally

itsalwayscycling · 17/02/2023 08:37

Just to say I know lots of Alasdairs and after early primary school they are ALL called Ali or All (at least round here). So if you really don’t like that shortening it’s something to bear in mind.

Klex · 17/02/2023 08:33

The second one but spelled the proper way - Alasdair.

2crossedout1 · 17/02/2023 08:31

Alistair

Liesel65 · 17/02/2023 08:29

I have an Alastair (half Scottish) so biased ! But beautiful name 😉

Mercurial123 · 17/02/2023 08:13

Definitely Alistair, it's a classic Scottish name. Don't like Arthur.

AppleKatie · 17/02/2023 07:55

Arthur.

whilst it is currently popular it’s such an old and established name I don’t believe it will ‘date’ him.

PritiPatelsMaker · 17/02/2023 07:53

I really do adore Arthur but I think I'd go for Alistair as Arthur has gained in popularity so much in recent years.

Like always though, things things are regional so we might have lots of little Arthur's where we live and you might not have any Wink

PremiumB · 17/02/2023 00:47

I love Alistair. I much prefer it and surprised it isn’t used more

Muu · 17/02/2023 00:39

Alistair

DramaAlpaca · 17/02/2023 00:14

I like both, but have a slight preference for Alistair.

ourflagmeansdeath · 16/02/2023 19:19

Think I'm the only one who prefers Arthur. Don't like Alistair very much unfortunately and I think Arthur's absolutely beautiful. Would have named my DS it but DH vetoed.

Roterosen · 16/02/2023 18:00

Definitely not Artie - Artie Fartie Blush

Hadtocomment · 16/02/2023 17:59

If it's between Art/Artie or Al/Ally, I far prefer Al/Ally, if that's any help.