Alastair name - Meaning of Alastair
- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 9
- Usage
- Scottish, Greek
- Pronounced
- AL-ə-stayr
- Alastair Meaning
- Anglicized form of Alasdair. Alastair is a Scottish variant of Alexander. The name Alexander is a general European name, derived from the Old Greek name "Alexandros", itself derived from the words "alexein", which means "to ward off or to defend", and "andros or aner", which means "man". It means defender, helper, guardian of people. In other words, it is a name which signifies strength or protection. It was the name given to one of the greatest kings on Earth, Alexander The Great.
Alastair Related Names
Variants: Alasdair, Alistair, Alister, Alastaire
Diminutive: Ally
Other Languages: Aleksander, Skender (Albanian), Alexander, Alexandros (Ancient Greek), Iskandar (Arabic), Aleksandr (Armenian), Alesander (Basque), Alexander (Biblical), Alexandros (Biblical Greek), Aleksandar, Sasho (Bulgarian), Alexandre, Àlex (Catalan), Aleksandar, Sandi, Saša (Croatian), Alexandr, Aleš (Czech), Alexander, Aleksander, Sander (Danish), Alexander, Alex, Lex, Sander, Xander (Dutch), Alexander, Al, Alec, Alex, Lex, Sandy, Xander, Zander (English), Aleksandro, Aleĉjo (Esperanto), Aleksander (Estonian), Aleksanteri, Ale, Samppa, Santeri, Santtu (Finnish), Alexandre, Alex (French), Alexandre (Galician), Aleksandre, Sandro (Georgian), Alexander, Alex (German), Alexandros (Greek), Alexander, Alexandros (Greek Mythology), Alexander, Sándor, Sanyi (Hungarian), Iskandar (Indonesian), Eskandar (Iranian), Alastar (Irish), Alessandro, Ale, Sandro (Italian), Aleksandras (Lithuanian), Aleksandar, Ace, Sasho (Macedonian), Aleksander, Alexander, Sander (Norwegian), Sikandar (Pashto), Aleksander, Olek (Polish), Alexandre, Alex, Xandinho (Portuguese), Alexandru, Sandu (Romanian), Aleksandr, Sasha, Shura (Russian), Aleksandar, Saša (Serbian), Alexander, Aleš (Slovak), Aleksander, Aleks, Aleš, Sandi, Saša, Sašo (Slovene), Alejandro, Ale (Spanish), Alexander, Sander (Swedish), İskender (Turkish), Oleksander, Oleksandr, Olek (Ukrainian), Sikandar (Urdu), Sender (Yiddish)
Alastair Celebrities
Alastair Forsyth - golfer, Alastair Sim - actor,
