Tristan, Lucien/Lucian, or Alistair?

[Chips4dinneragain]

Would welcome any thoughts on the above names, and if your preference is for Lucien/Lucian how are you pronouncing it? I prefer the English spelling Lucian but don't like the pronunciation LU-SHUN, however I'm not really keen on using spellings by other nationalities unless there is a connection, and unfortunately I have no link to the French whatsoever!

Thanks

Alistair

Love Tristan and Lucian (I’d pronounce it Loo-see-an).
Dislike Alistair.

Love Alistair, but like pp, much prefer Alasdair spelling. Nickname is traditionally Adair, I think?
Like Tristan, too.

I think alasdair is the Scottish spelling though isn't it? Unfortunately I'm as unexotic as they come so feel I should probably stick to English spellings of names.

Alasdair is a Gaelic name - it's a version of Alexander. Any other spelling is a later corruption. It's not like there's a traditional version of the name that's English

I personally love the nn Ali, I’ve seen it on boys and it really suits them
But most often they’re called full name of Alistair

Oh, according to nameberry Alistair was the English spelling and Alasdair was the Scottish spelling. I was aware it was a Gaelic name so an English spelling was likely some sort of bastardised version, but presumed it was the equivalent of Lucian (English) and l
Lucien (french).

Starting to wonder if I am thinking about this way too much...

Might just go with the occult spelling, Aleister, as in Crowley

I’d pronounce it Loo-see-un & I also dislike the other pronunciation - but anyone who knows you will learn it would be rarely said the other way I think

Love Alistair. ‘Normal’ but not common.

Not keen on either other.

fair point francis. So it's more accurate to say Alasdair is the Gaelic/traditional spelling?

You can't really get too fixated on spellings of Gaelic names, it wasn't a written language for a long time. Pick the spelling you like best.

You can't really get too fixated on spellings of Gaelic names, it wasn't a written language for a long time

Gaelic is one of the oldest written languages in the world! It's been a written language for longer than English.

But I agree that it's normal to spell Alasdair in various ways in Scotland and fine to spell it however you like. I just personally prefer to spell names in line with their origins.

He'll find his own nn. My 9yo ds is called Alistair, we affectionately called him Alicat when he was tiny, and now, most people call him Cat 😂

I like Alistair best.

What about Lucas as an alternative to Lucian?

Isn’t Lu-shun the American pronunciation? As in Cash-us Clay.
All 3 names are great.