Meaning of name Alistair

The name Alistair has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Alistair is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Alistair for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Alexander, of which the name Alistair is a variant.

The name Alistair is very likely a(n) Scottish variant of the name Alexander. See other suggested Scottish boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Alexander.

The following names are baby names related to Alistair and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Alistair: Boys - Griffin, Homer, Mathias, Oceanus, Sanders, Girls - Calla, Crystal, Daria, Dionysia, Elliana, Iphigenia, Metta, Penelope, Philomena, Tiffany, Both genders - Agnes, Alpha, Andra, Andrew, Angel, Barbara

The name Alistair is a variant of Alexander. Other popular variants of the name Alexander are: Alasdair, Alec (English), Alecsander, Alejandro (Spanish), Alessandro (Italian), Alex, Alexan, Alexandar, Alexandre (French), Alexandro, Alexandru (Romanian), Alexio (Portugese), Alexis, Alexsander, Alexzander, Alisander, Alistair (Scottish), Alixander, Alsandare, Lex, Sandor (Hungarian), Sandro, Sandy, Xan, Xander (Dutch), Zander (English)

We think the name Alistair should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Alistair to be: An influential and highly intelligent chap

In one word, you might describe Alistair as a(n) "influential" person.

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