Forename Alasdair

All over the world, Alasdair (Alistair , Alastair , Alasdair ) is a common male forename. The first name Alasdair is habitual in British Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common male name, Aland Islands, and the United Kingdom (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa. Very seldom, Alasdair is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Alasdair is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Alasdair

name Alasdair, name Алистер, name Alister, name Alistair, name Alastar, name Аласдаир, name Alexander, name Alastair, name Αλέξανδρος, name Аластер, name Allistaire, name Alaxander, name Алістер, name Aleister, name Allistair

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Alastair, Alistair	Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe
Alasdair	Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States

First names said to be same

Alastar, Alaxander, Aleister, Alexander, Alister, Allistair, Allistaire, Αλέξανδρος, Аласдаир, Аластер, Алистер, and Алістер

First name Alasdair in the context

Alasdair is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ali G , the fictional character created by Sacha Baron Cohen, Da Ali G Show; Alasdair , the operatic character in the opera Ghost Patrol; an ex-army captain and pub landlord; Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart , the fictional character from Doctor Who; Alistair Smythe , the Comic book supervillain and Aleksandr Koreiko , the fictional character in Ilf and Petrov's novel The Little Golden Calf, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	alasdair mac maíl choluim King of the Scots (1078-1124), GB (b. 1078)
	alasdair crotach macleod Eighth chief of Scottish clan MacLeod (b. 1450)
	alasdair mac colla Scottish knight, GB (b. 1610)
	alasdair mac mhaighstir alasdair Scottish poet, lexicographer, political writer and memoirist, GB (b. 1698)
	alasdair ban macleod GB (b. 1788)
	alasdair macgriogair Scottish writer and minister, GB (b. 1806)
	alasdair macintyre Scottish philosopher, US (b. 1929)
	alasdair ronald darroch (1880-1944) (b. 1880)
	alasdair gray Scottish writer and artist, GB (b. 1934)
	alasdair urquhart British mathematician and philosopher, GB (b. 1945)
	alasdair mcdonnell Northernirish politician, GB (b. 1949)
	alasdair alpin macgregor Scottish writer and photographer, GB (b. 1899)
	alasdair fotheringham British foreign affairs and sports journalist, GB (b. 1901)
	alasdair mackenzie British politician (1903-1970), GB (b. 1903)
	alasdair fraser Scottish fiddler, GB (b. 1955)

Characteristic surnames

Cook, Watson, Wilson, Maclean, Macleod, Stewart, Cameron, Thomson, Morrison, Mcgregor, Mckenzie, Mcdonald, Mcintosh, Anderson, Campbell, Johnston, Ferguson, Mackenzie, Mackinnon, Macdonald, Macmillan, Robertson, Walker, Fraser, Hunter, Taylor, Bell, Kerr, Ross, Reid, Gray, Scott, Smith, Allan, Clark, Brown, Henderson, Bruce, White, Young, Mackay, Macrae, Murray, Mclean, Stuart, Duncan, Gordon, Graham, Grant, and Sutherland