Alastair - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Alastair \a-las-tair, al(a)-stair\ is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "man's defender". Scottish variant of Alistair, from Alexander. Most of the variants are different phonetic spellings of the name. TV commentator Alistair Cooke; actor Alistair Sim.

Alastair has 26 variant forms: Al, Alasdair, Alasteir, Alaster, Alastor, Alaisdair, Alaistair, Alaister, Aleister, Alester, Alistair, Alistar, Alister, Allaistar, Allaster, Allastir, Allistair, Allister, Allistir, Allysdair, Allystair, Allyster, Alysdair, Alysdare, Alystair and Alyster.

Baby names that sound like Alastair are Alistir, Alistaire and Alisdair.

Alastair is a very rare male first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Alastair. Click here to compare Alastair with related baby names.