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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

@plinkplinkfizzer

scottish tory name always has been .

ODFOD

Good name.

Lovely name

@plinkplinkfizzer

scottish tory name always has been .

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

@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.

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

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 :)

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

Like it, much prefer the Alasdair spelling