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Boy · Greek, through Scottish Gaelic
Alasdair
Say it: AL-us-ter
Meaning
Gaelic form of Alexander, from Greek alexein 'to defend' and anēr 'man'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 379 babies given this name since 1989
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 53,200 boys
- 21 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Alastair, Alistair
| English | Alexander |
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Famous bearers
- Alasdair Mac Colla, 17th-century soldier
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Where this comes from
- Parish baptism registers
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.