Does Ace as a nickname for Alastair work?

Men called Sandy are always pervy creeps.

I had a bit of a crush on Rimmer back in the day -- but only in his Ace incarnation . (adds hastily. )

Thought that was a short version of Alexander (Alec-sand-er).

So yep, much like Ace, you could call him another name which has no link with Alasdair. Or why not call him Chris, or Tony, or as somebody upthread suggested, Legend? The world is literally your oyster.

Sounds daft. Nothing like Alistair.

"Ace" is the sort of nickname an 'InCel' would give themselves to make themselves seem cool rather than a sad 25 year old wispy bearded wanker in a Minecraft T-shirt.

Not at all. Either pick Ace or pick Alistair.

Alastair is lovely.

Ace? 😂 Nope! Another Red Dwarf fan here. All I can now see is the episode where they find Kryten and discover the skeletons of 2 long-dead female crew...
Lister: I don't know whether this is the right time to mention it, but my mate Ace here is incredibly brave and has just tonnes and tonnes of girlfriends.

Oh, and the munchkin song.... 😬

@CharitySchmarity

There's an old Jilly Cooper novel where a guy is known as Ace when his real name is (I think) Ivan.

Oh yes! It's "Prudence", I think.
There's a family of four - three boys and a girl. The youngest boy is called Jack, so the others get nicknamed King, Queen and Ace. And you're right that his real name is Ivan.
There's also a "Dare" in one of her later books - either "Jump!" or "Mount!" - but that's short for, iirc, Aberdare (presumably after the place in Wales).

Ace for Alastair...... Not sure it'll catch on (I know several of various ages and none are called that).

It's a bit American and a bit twee tbh

As is exactly the case in Red Dwarf!

RIMMER: Or what about the nickname I had a school?
LISTER: What?
"Bonehead?"
RIMMER: How did you know my nickname was "Bonehead?"
LISTER: I was only guessing.
RIMMER: I didn't mean that.
I meant the other one.
LISTER: What other one?
RIMMER: "Ace!"
LISTER: Get out of town!
Your nickname was never "Ace!" Maybe "Ace-hole."
RIMMER: It was my nickname at school, actually.
It's just, no one ever called me it despite the many times I let them beat me up.

No. Sorry

You could go full Scottish (well bits of Scotland anyway, it might just be a Highlands thing) and call him Sandy.

Alistair is great, Ace is not.

The Alistair I know is known as... Alistair. By all except one person who calls him Al.

Ace was a female companion in Doctor Who in the 80s.

I agree with LaMarschallin. Ace could be used as a nickname for Alastair, but it could equally be used as a nickname for John or Claude or Peter, because that's what a nickname is, not a short form of a name but a jokey name chosen to suit that person's characteristics. There's an old Jilly Cooper novel where a guy is known as Ace when his real name is (I think) Ivan. It's not the worst nickname I've ever heard, but at the same time I wouldn't choose any full name where I really disliked the most obvious short form, because you can guarantee some people will call him by it and he might even like it himself.

Why not use the nickname stairs? 😅

But no Ace would not work. And whatever nickname you choose, Hel get a different ones from his friends.

OP, that is our son's name . Whatever you call him at home, in the big wide world, he'll be called Al or Ali. One of our boy's favourite songs is Call Me Al by Paul Simon. He loves his name either in full or shortened. And school friends often give nicknames to each other not even connected with their first name. There's only so much in their lives that you can control. His dad and I just call him Alastair.

If I met someone who called their baby 'Ace', I would assume that they were grade A dicks.

Who on earth would call a child Stair or Dair 😀😀😀

I don’t see why not really. Lots of nicknames aren’t directly derived from the formal name.

Glad others thought of Ace Rimmer. What a guy!

I think Alastair is a great name. Ace however, does not work at all and sounds faintly ridiculous to me.

Call him Alastair and then over time let him pick which shortenings (or nicknames) he wants to be known by? These might be totally unlike anything you might have imagined, and could bear little resemblance to his actual name at all.

Don't get too hung up on it.

I know a Tair whose full name is Alistair. I always thought it was a pretty solid name. I think Ace is a bit of a stretch though, sorry.

Picking (or worse, announcing) a nickname along with the full name is such a weird phenomenon.

Yes. If you like Alastair, then call him Alastair - it's so easy to say!

At home, when he's small, you can call him what you want - Higgle piggle, Acey, darling, whatever...

But to the outside world he should be Alastair!

"Really like the name Alistair" so call him Alistair!!!