How do you pronounce Alasdair?

Alasdair is pronounced AL-as-tair.

What is the origin of Alasdair?

Alasdair is of Scottish Gaelic origin, from Greek culture.

Boy name Scottish Gaelic origin Christian tradition

Alasdair

AL-as-tair · 8 letters · 3 syllables

What it means

defender of men

Language

Scottish Gaelic

Culture

Greek

Religion

Christian

Style era

vintage

Themes

classic · Scottish

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Popularity over time

2024 rank#3684

2024 births30

Peak year2021

First appeared1989

Total US births497

Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames

AlasAli

Alternate spellings

AlasdairAlistair

In other languages

Alexander (English)Aleksander (Polish)Alessandro (Italian)

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