Name: Alistair
Gender: Male
Usage: Alistair, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Alistair are in general originating from Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Alistair across the world, see Alasdair.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Alistair is: Defending men, Defender of men.
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Numerology of the first name Alistair: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Alistair is ranked on the 2,861st position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 127100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Alistair has eight characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Alistair for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Alistair is 3 March.
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History and Origin
Alistair (also Alasdair and variants) is a male given name. Alasdair is the Scottish Gaelic spelling of the name, in origin the Gaelic form of the name Alexander (Greek Αλέξανδρος Alexandros). Also common is the anglicised spelling Alistair.
Originally a Scottish given name, it became widespread throughout the Anglosphere during the 19th and 20th centuries. Previous to that, it was considered exclusively a Scottish name.
The Scottish Clan MacAlister is on record as a branch of Clan Donald from the mid-16th century. Its eponymous founder is traditionally held to be Alasdair Mòr (fl. 1250s), a younger son of Domhnall mac Raghnaill.
Scottish: altered spelling of Gaelic Alasdair, a form of Alexander. Alexander has long been a popular name in Scotland, having been borne by three early medieval kings of the country.
Variants: Alisdair, Alastair, Alister, Al(l)aster.
Pet form: Aly.
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