Alastair?

[JohnTheJonathan]

Hello, one of mine and DW's favourite boys names is Alexander, along with all of the nicknames. However, because of its huge popularity I am rather put off of it so when thinking of other names I came up with Alastair as it has a similar kind of feel and sound to it as Alexander, but is slightly more unusual. Do people like it? Thank you

[Edenember]

Like it, much prefer the Alasdair spelling

[DappledThings]

One of England's greatest ever cricketers. Makes it a winner for me!

[Ewanthescreamsheep]

We have an Alistair and we never meet any others.
We went with this ^^ spelling, as it was the most popular according to ONS, so might get misspelt less often than some variants :)

[MikeUniformMike]

Really like it but would spell it Alistair.
It might get misspelled a bit.

[PerveenMistry]

@JohnTheJonathan

Hello, one of mine and DW's favourite boys names is Alexander, along with all of the nicknames. However, because of its huge popularity I am rather put off of it so when thinking of other names I came up with Alastair as it has a similar kind of feel and sound to it as Alexander, but is slightly more unusual. Do people like it? Thank you

Love the name.

[weebarra]

@plinkplinkfizzer

scottish tory name always has been .

I'm sure Alasdair Gray would have been delighted to hear that!!

[Ojj37]

Lovely name

[MercyBodle]

Good name.

[Ginger1982]

@plinkplinkfizzer

scottish tory name always has been .

ODFOD

[17caterpillars1mouse]

I love Alistair and we considered it, but had girls. I slightly prefer Alasdair though, just looks more handsome

[CakeRattleandRoll]

One of my favourite boy's names, although prefer the Alasdair spelling.

[CaffiSaliMali]

I like Alastair - it's well known but not overused. A solid classic.

[JohnTheJonathan]

@plinkplinkfizzer and what’s wrong with it being a “Scottish Tory” name?

[Bassarid]

It's a fine name, but definitely a "t" south of the border

[Toddlerteaplease]

I love it But couldn't use it as my first cabbage patch kid was called Alistair Malcolm. And I still have him. Problem is that my best friend is actually called Malcolm, and. I find it difficult to take the name seriously!

[WorriedMutha]

I'm a fan. It was one of our faves but then we had a girl. I like classic names rather than faddish trendy types. I'm attracted to the Scottish classics like Alastair and Cameron. Timeless I think.

[Happylittlethoughts]

"scottish tory name always has been "
🤣🤣 my first thought too!
I prefer Alexander

[plinkplinkfizzer]

scottish tory name always has been .

[AlwaysLatte]

It was one of the top ones on our list, love it.

[janetmendoza]

Alistair is great but I do prefer that spelling.

[Tillygetsit]

I love it.

[ellentree]

It's ok, don't love it, don't hate it. However, I really love Alexander so I would go with that.

[Firebird83]

It’s great. I like the Alastair spelling best.

[Timeforanotherusername]

I would say though that Alistair is the more common spelling. So you may have to spell out Alastair quite a lot.

[Timeforanotherusername]

It's a good Scottish name.

I actually really like the name Alexander. Alastair is cool too.