Alistair is a male given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name Alasdair. The latter is most likely a Scottish Gaelic variant of the Norman name Alexandre or the Latin name Alexander, which was incorporated into English in the same form as Alexander. The deepest etymology is the Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (man-repeller): ἀλέξω (repel) + ἀνήρ (man), "the one who repels men", a warrior name. Another (much less common) Anglicisation of Alasdair is Allaster.
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Alastair
Alastair Adams (born 1969), English artist
Alastair Aiken (born 1993), British YouTuber
Alastair Aird (1931–2009), British royal courtier
Alastair Bellingham (1938–2017), British haematologist
Alastair Biggar, (1946–2016) Scotland international rugby union player
Alastair Bray (born 1993), Australian footballer
Alastair Bruce of Crionaich (born 1960), British journalist, British Army reservist and officer of arms
Alastair Burnet (1928 – 20 July 2012), British journalist and broadcaster
Alastair Caldwell (born 1943), British-New Zealand motorsports manager
Alastair Campbell (born 1957), Tony Blair's former director of communications
Alastair Chalmers (born 2000), British track and field hurdler
Alastair Clarkson (born 1968), head coach of Hawthorn Football Club
Alastair Cook (born 1984), English cricketer
Alastair Crooke (born 1949), British diplomat
Alastair Denniston (1881–1961), Scottish codebreaker and hockey player
Alastair Duncan, several people
Alastair Dunnett (1908–1998), Scottish journalist and newspaper editor
Alastair Fitter, (born 1948) British ecologist at the University of York
Alastair Forsyth (born 1976), Scottish professional golfer
Alastair Fothergill (born 1960), British film producer, best known for BBC nature documentaries
Alastair Fowler (1930–2022), Scottish literary critic
Alastair Galbraith, (born 1965) New Zealand musician and sound artist from Dunedin
Alastair Gillespie (1922–2018), former Canadian politician who held several cabinet positions in the 1970s
Alastair Goodlad (born 1943), British politician
Alastair Greene (born 1971), American singer, guitarist, and songwriter
Alastair Hannay (1932–2024), British-born Norwegian philosopher and academic
Alastair Hignell (born 1955), English athlete and broadcaster
Alastair Little (1950–2022), British chef, cookbook author and restaurateur
Alastair Lynch (born 1968), Australian rules footballer
Alastair Mackenzie (born 1970), Scottish actor most famous for playing Archie MacDonald in Monarch of the Glen
Alastair Mackintosh, (born 1968), former New Zealand rower
Alastair McDonald, several people
Alastair McNeil, (1915–1944), Scottish international rugby union player
Alastair Morgan (born 1958), British diplomat
Alastair Morrison, several people
Alastair Niven (1944–2025), English literary scholar and author
Alastair Pilkington (1920–1995), British inventor, engineer, and businessman
Alastair Redfern (born 1948), retired Church of England bishop
Alastair Reid, several people
Alastair Reynolds (born 1966), Welsh science fiction author
Alastair Riddell (born 1952), New Zealand singer-songwriter
Alastair Robinson (born 1980), Anglo-American field botanist
Alastair Salvesen (1941–2024), British billionaire businessman and heir
Alastair Scott, several people
Alastair Sim (1900–1976), comedy actor
Alastair Sooke (born 1981), English art critic and broadcaster
Al Stewart (born 1945), Scottish singer-songwriter
Alastair Stewart (born 1952), ITV News presenter
Alastair Storey (born 1953), Scottish businessman
Alastair Stout, British actor
Alastair Taylor, several people
Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1914–1943), a great-grandson of Queen Victoria
Alistair
Alistair Abell, Canadian voice actor
Alistair Appleton (born 1970), television presenter
Alistair Begg (born 1950), American pastor, author, and speaker
Alistair Brammer (born 1988), English actor
Alistair Brownlee (born 1988), British triathlete and Olympic gold medalist
Alistair Bunkall (born 1982), British journalist
Alistair Campbell (born 1972), Zimbabwean cricketer
Alistair Carmichael (born 1965), British politician
Alistair Carns (born 1980), British politician and Royal Marines officer
Alistair Cragg (born 1980), South African track and field athlete
Alistair Cooke (1908–2004), journalist and broadcaster
Alistair Darling (1953–2023), British politician
Alistair Edwards (born 1968), Australian football player and coach
Alistair Fruish, English filmmaker, writer and novelist
Alistair Hargreaves, South African rugby player
Alistair Hinton (born 1950), Scottish composer
Alistair Knox (1912–1986), Australian designer, builder and landscape architect
Allister
Allister Adel (1976–2022), American district attorney
Allister Bain (born 1935), Grenadian actor, playwright, and screenwriter
Allister Brimble, British video game composer
Allister Carter (born 1979), English snooker player
Allister Coetzee (born 1963), South African rugby union coach and former player
Allister de Winter (born 1968), Australian retired cricketer
Allister Grosart (1906–1984), Canadian politician
Allister Heath (born 1978), British business journalist and commentator
Ally Hogg (born 1983), Scottish rugby union footballer
Allister MacGillivray (born 1948), Canadian singer/songwriter, guitarist, and music historian
Allister Miller (1892–1951), South African aviation pioneer, First World War pilot, politician and entrepreneur
Allister Sparks (1933–2016), South African writer
Allister Surette (born 1961), Canadian politician
Allister Whitehead (born 1969 or 1970), British DJ, musician, remixer and record producer
Alister
Alister Allan (born 1944), Scottish rifleman
Alister Campbell (born 1959), Scottish rugby union player
Alister Charlie (born 1977 or 1978), Guyanese politician
Alister Clark (1864–1949), Australian rose breeder
Alister Fraser Gordon (1872–1917), British general
Alister Hardy (1896–1985), English marine biologist
Alister Howden (1877–1938), New Zealand cricketer
Alister Jack (born 1963), Scottish politician
Alister MacKenzie (1870–1934), British golf course designer
Alister McDermott (born 1991), Australian cricketer
Alister McGrath (born 1953), Northern Irish theologian, priest, intellectual historian, scientist and Christian apologist
Alister Watson (1908–1982), British mathematician
Aleister
Aleister Black (born 1985), Dutch professional wrestler
Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), British occultist
Pseudonym
Alastair (artist), pseudonym of Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt, a German artist
In fiction
Alastair, a demon on the television series Supernatural
Alistair Theirin, a character from the Dragon Age video game series
Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Brigadier of UNIT on British science fiction show Doctor Who
Alistaire Stuart, an ally of Excalibur in Marvel Comics
Alistair Scott, a fictional wheelchair-using student appearing in the British sitcom, The Inbetweeners
Alistair Smythe, a Spider-Man villain
Alistair Crane, a villainous patriarch and businessman on TV's Passions
Alistair Oh, the Uncle from the 39 Clues series
Ser Alliser Thorne, master-of-arms in the Night's Watch in the A Song of Ice and Fire book series and Game of Thrones television series
Other use
Cyclone Alistair, a moderate tropical cyclone that existed near Australia in April 2001.