Alastair

Where Alastair comes from

From Scottish Gaelic Alasdair (“Alexander”). Doublet of Alexander.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alastair
  • Scottish Gaelic
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1922
    First appearance
    #4,307 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2025
    Peak, #2,145
    67 babies named Alastair — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.