Does Ace as a nickname for Alastair work?

[Purpletopaz42]

Really like the name Alastair, not keen on Al or Aly. A friend has suggested Ace, does that work or is it too random? Thank you

Alastair is lovely.

Ace? 😂 Nope! Another Red Dwarf fan here. All I can now see is the episode where they find Kryten and discover the skeletons of 2 long-dead female crew...
Lister: I don't know whether this is the right time to mention it, but my mate Ace here is incredibly brave and has just tonnes and tonnes of girlfriends.

Oh, and the munchkin song.... 😬

Not at all. Either pick Ace or pick Alistair.

"Ace" is the sort of nickname an 'InCel' would give themselves to make themselves seem cool rather than a sad 25 year old wispy bearded wanker in a Minecraft T-shirt.

Sounds daft. Nothing like Alistair.

Thought that was a short version of Alexander (Alec-sand-er).

So yep, much like Ace, you could call him another name which has no link with Alasdair. Or why not call him Chris, or Tony, or as somebody upthread suggested, Legend? The world is literally your oyster.

I had a bit of a crush on Rimmer back in the day -- but only in his Ace incarnation . (adds hastily. )

Men called Sandy are always pervy creeps.

He doesn't need a shortening or a nn. Plenty of children go through life being called by their full names. 2 of mine don't like having their names shortened so no one does it

Nooooooooo

Alistair is a great name.

also love Al/Ally/Ali as shortenings

Ace has zero to do with Alistair and it comes across as pretty naff.

nicknames evolve - they aren’t predetermined.

It’s a bit wanky. Or a cartoon character.

Absolutely this.

Alastair is a lovely name. Just leave it as it is.

Ace is short for "the asexual community", so no.

No, it's a different word/name.
Why do so many posters choose a name then immediately cast about for a random NN that 99% of the time has fuck all to do with the name??

Nah

My brother is Alistair and we just call him Alistair

The two are in no way related sorry

The Ace I know is non binary, as has already been mentioned. No issues with that,but personally I really don’t like it!

What about Spade?😂

As in Ace Ventura? Regardless, the answer is a big fat no because what if he never lives up to his name?

I don’t get it, sorry. Either stick with Alastair and prepare that he may shorten it to Al. Or just call him Ace on the birth cert if you want him to be called Ace!

Nope.

How have you even come to the conclusion that Ace is any form of abbreviation for Alistair?

It means asexual now

I work with a young Sandy & he's lovely not a pervy creep at all.

OP my family nickname is traditionally a shortened form of a completely different name to my own but my mum hates the shortened version of my actual name so would never use that even though everyone outside of family calls me it

What a guy. I would.

My DS has that name but spelt the Scottish way on his birth certificate. He is Ally, always been called it, I love the name ally for a boy.