Alistair
| Alistair | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Greek |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Protector |
| Other names | |
| See also | Alexander, Alasdair |
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Alasdair (also Alistair and variants) is a male given name. Alasdair is the Scottish Gaelic spelling of the name, in origin the Gaelic form of the name Alexander (Greek Αλέξανδρος Alexandros). Also common is the anglicised spelling Alistair.[1]
Originally a Scottish given name, it became widespread throughout the Anglosphere during the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Scottish Clan MacAlister is on record as a branch of Clan Donald from the mid 16th century. Its eponymous founder is traditionally held to be Alasdair Mòr (fl. 1250s), a younger son of Domhnall mac Raghnaill.
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[edit] Variations
Spelling variants of the name include: [1][2]
Alastair, Alasdair, Alasdhair, Alasteir, Alastar, Alaster, Alastor, Alaisdair, Alaistair, Alaister, Aleister, Alester, Alistair, Alistar, Alister, Allaistar, Allaster, Allastir, Allistair, Allister, Allistir, Allysdair, Allystair, Allyster, Alysdair, Alysdare, Alystair, Alyster, Allastair, Aldair
[edit] People
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- medieval
- Alasdair Mòr (fl. 1250s)
- Alexander Óg (d. 1308)
- Alexander of Argyll (d. 1310)
- Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross (d. 1449)
- modern
- Alister MacKenzie (1870-1934), British golf course designer
- Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), British occultist
- Alastair Sim (1900-1976), comedy actor[3]
- Alistair Cooke (1908-2004), journalist and broadcaster[4]
- Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught (1914-1943), a great-grandson of Queen Victoria
- Alistair MacLean (1922-1987), Scottish novelist
- Alistair Taylor (1935-2004), personal assistant to Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein
- living people[year needed]
- Alistair Abell, Canadian voice actor
- Alistair Appleton, Television host
- Alastair Baxter, Australian rugby union player [5]
- Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former director of communications
- Alastair Cook, English cricketer
- Alistair Darling, British politician[6]
- Alastair MacKenzie, Scottish actor most famous for playing Archie MacDonald in Monarch of the Glen
- Alistair McGowan, English impressionist and comedian
- Alistair McGregor, Scottish field hockey goalkeeper
- Alistair Overeem, MMA Fighter
- Alastair Reynolds, Welsh science fiction author
- Alistair Sinclair, Computer scientist
- Alistair McCoist, Scottish Footballer
- pseudonym
- Alastair, pseudonym of Baron Hans Henning Voigt, a German artist
[edit] In fiction
- Alastair, a demon on the television series Supernatural
- Alistair Tudsbury, a British radio personality from The Winds of War
- Alistair, a main character from the video game Dragon Age: Origins
- Alistair, a vampire from Breaking Dawn novel
- Alastair, Boss Monster from Painkiller
- Allistair Tenpenny, an interactive NPC in the video game Fallout 3
- Alastor, a character from Viewtiful Joe
- Dr. Aleister Grout, the Malkavian primogen of Los Angeles, character in Vampire: The Masqurade Bloodlines role-playing game
- Alistair Leslie Graham, better known as Ali G, one of three fictional characters created and acted by Sasha Baron Cohen
- Alistair, word for avian women's husbands in the Kiesha'ra book series by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. Alasdair is also the original hawk shapeshifter.
- Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, a character in Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
- Alistair Smythe, a Spider-Man villain.
- Alistar, The Minotaur, a playable champion in the game League of Legends
