Alternatives to Alistair.

[Hodgeheggery]

I really love the name Alistair, my husband says it's not his 'favourite' but then has no other suggestions!
Could anyone suggest any alternatives?

We already have a Henry.

Elliot
Dominic
Xavier

Gerald

Do you like Scottish/Gaelic names?

Keir (quite timely at the mo!)
Harrison/Harris
Cormac
Lachlan
Ruaridhi/Rory
Owen
Euan
Hugo/Hugh
Douglas - love the nn Dougie
Logan
Vincent
Fraser
Dale
Jonathan nn Jonty
Blair

My first instinct was anything, because it's a name I really dislike, but how about Alexander which is much nicer.

Alexander?

Alexander nn Zander
Blair

I really like Alistair. To me it's quite a Scottish name but Henry isn't......
Alexander is probably a good alternative and goes well with Henry.
Or George, William, Thomas?
Douglas / Dougie?

Alexander
Angus
William
Hugo
Cameron

Unfortunately Alexander doesn't work with out last name!
And I think I'm bias toward Alistair because I met the loveliest man with the same name a few years ago and it stuck with me.
We don't have any strong Scottish links but I also love Fraser. Thanks for the suggestions everyone

@Hodgeheggery

Barnaby 🥰
Christopher nn Kit
Sidney nn Sid
Nathaniel or Nathan nn Nate
Laurence nn Laurie
Clarence
Wilfred
Dominic

Austin ?

Peter ?

Otis ?

I considered both Henry and Alistair. So other names you might like are:
Sebastian, Gregory, Gabriel, Alexander, Frederick and Lawrence
Good luck

Innes.

Dominic works really well, Patrick has also come to mind too!

Adam
Luke
William

I have an Alasdair. We are Scottish, but the other names we considered for him were Angus, Innes, Struan, William and Torin.

Jonathan
Patrick
Laurence
Julian
Marcus
Benedict
Christopher
Barnaby
Dominic
Edmund
Francis
Gregory
Hector
Lewis
Nicholas
Miles
Nathaniel
Timothy
Peter
Richard
Sebastian
Philip
Robin
Vincent
William

Alex?
Julian
Angus
Adrian
Christopher
Liall
Lester
Charles
Phillip
Richard
Aubrey
Marshall
Timothy
Nicholas
Callam

Andrew - it's Scottish too, but less twee than Alistair, and also avoids the spelling confusion of Alasdair, Alastair, Alister or Alistair.

What on earth is twee about Alistair?

Did this help at all @Hodgeheggery

I really like Alistair too OP, but not enough Scottish ancestry to justify using.

I also like Edmund, Patrick and Asa.

Other names on my list are Osian, Tomos, Aneirin, Taliesin, Alun, Aled and Macsen. They're all Welsh though so may not be particularly helpful to you!

what about the Scottish spelling... Alasdair.
so pronounced Alicedare