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Is Alasdair old fashioned?

33 replies

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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CaTsMaMmA · 17/06/2015 19:43

not Farquhar, or Finlay then? Or Crawford?

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

Rivercam · 17/06/2015 19:47

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 · 17/06/2015 19:49

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

JasperDamerel · 17/06/2015 19:50

I know two under five at the moment.

GoofyIsACow · 17/06/2015 19:51

I know two, 6&4

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 17/06/2015 19:52

It looks old fashioned with that spelling, somehow.

I prefer Alistair.

Purplehonesty · 17/06/2015 19:53

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 · 17/06/2015 19:55

I prefer Alastair

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.

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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TheFallenMadonna · 17/06/2015 20:23

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

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?

SantanaLopez · 17/06/2015 20:28

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

InAndOfMyself · 17/06/2015 20:30

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

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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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

Greenteandchives · 17/06/2015 20:31

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

Newbrummie · 17/06/2015 20:31

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

Passmethecrisps · 17/06/2015 20:33

What about Alexander as well?

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 )

WindMeUpAndLetMeGo · 17/06/2015 20:34

Have a nephew called Alasdair, lovely Scottish name.

Cloggal · 17/06/2015 20:34

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

Greenteandchives · 17/06/2015 20:37

I agree Cloggal Smile

BagsyThisName · 17/06/2015 20:47

Lovely name, looks and sounds right with that spelling

I know a fab one.

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.

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