Alistair
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Greek |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Helper, Friend |
| Other names | |
| See also | Alexander, Alasdair |
Alistair (also Alasdair 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 Aléxandros). 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. Previous to that, it was considered exclusively a Scottish name.
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.
Variations
Spelling variants of the name include: [1][2]
Alasdair, Alasdhair, Alastair, Alastar, Alaster, Alastor, Alaisdair, Alaistair, Alaister, Aleister, Alestair, Alester, Alisdair, Alistair, Alistar, Alister, Allastair, Allaster, Allastir, Allester, Allistair, Allistar, Allister, Allistir, Allysdair, Allystair, Allyster, Alysdair, Alysdare, Alystair, Alyster, Aldair
People
- 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]
- Alistair ("Ally") Reid MacLeod (1931-2004) Scottish footballer and national team manager
- 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 (as of 2013)
- Alistair Abell, Canadian voice actor
- Alistair Appleton, Television host
- Alastair Baxter, Australian rugby union player [5]
- Alistair Begg, American pastor, author, and speaker
- Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former director of communications
- Alastair Cook, English cricketer
- Alistair Darling, British politician[6]
- Alastair Fothergill, British film producer, most famous for BBC nature documentaries
- Alastair Gillespie, former Canadian politician who held several cabinet positions in the 1970’s
- Alistair Hargreaves, South African rugby player
- 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
- Alastair Robinson, Anglo-American field botanist
- Alistair Sinclair, Computer scientist
- Alastair Stewart, ITV News presenter
- Alistair McCoist, Scottish Footballer
- pseudonym
- Alastair, pseudonym of Baron Hans Henning Voigt, a German artist
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 Sacha Baron Cohen
- Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Brigadier of UNIT on British science fiction show Doctor Who
- 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
- Alistair Cornwell, a character from Candy Candy
- Alistair Crane, a villainous patriarch and businessman on TV's Passions
- Alistair "Aly" Kershaw, a minor character from the webcomic Gunnerkrigg Court
- Alister Fletcher, Lara Croft's assistant from Tomb Raider Legend and Tomb Raider Underworld
- General Alister Azimuth from the Ratchet & Clank series, appears physically in Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time.
- Alister Mundy, master thief, acted by Fred Astaire in TV series It Takes a Thief; he trained the title character, son Alexander Mundy, in the art of thievery
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