Alistair
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 : ἀλέξω + ἀνήρ, "the one who repels men", a warrior name. Another Anglicisation of Alasdair is Allaster.
People
Alastair
- Alastair Adams, English artist
- Alastair Aiken, British YouTuber
- Alastair Aird, British royal courtier
- Alastair Bellingham, British haematologist
- Alastair Biggar, Scotland international rugby union player
- Alastair Bray, Australian footballer
- Alastair Bruce of Crionaich, British journalist, British Army reservist and officer of arms
- Alastair Burnet, British journalist and broadcaster
- Alastair Caldwell, British-New Zealand motorsports manager
- Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former director of communications
- Alastair Chalmers, British track and field hurdler
- Alastair Clarkson, head coach of Hawthorn Football Club
- Alastair Cook, English cricketer
- Alastair Crooke, British diplomat
- Alastair Denniston, Scottish codebreaker and hockey player
- Alastair Duncan, several people
- Alastair Dunnett, Scottish journalist and newspaper editor
- Alastair Fitter, British ecologist at the University of York
- Alastair Forsyth, Scottish professional golfer
- Alastair Fothergill, British film producer, best known for BBC nature documentaries
- Alastair Fowler, Scottish literary critic
- Alastair Galbraith, New Zealand musician and sound artist from Dunedin
- Alastair Gillespie, former Canadian politician who held several cabinet positions in the 1970s
- Alastair Goodlad, British politician
- Alastair Greene, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter
- Alastair Hannay, British-born Norwegian philosopher and academic
- Alastair Hignell, English athlete and broadcaster
- Alastair Little, British chef, cookbook author and restaurateur
- Alastair Lynch, Australian rules footballer
- Alastair Mackenzie, Scottish actor most famous for playing Archie MacDonald in Monarch of the Glen
- Alastair Mackintosh,, former New Zealand rower
- Alastair McDonald, several people
- Alastair McNeil,, Scottish international rugby union player
- Alastair Morgan, British diplomat
- Alastair Morrison, several people
- Alastair Niven, English literary scholar and author
- Alastair Pilkington, British inventor, engineer, and businessman
- Alastair Redfern, retired Church of England bishop
- Alastair Reid, several people
- Alastair Reynolds, Welsh science fiction author
- Alastair Riddell, New Zealand singer-songwriter
- Alastair Robinson, Anglo-American field botanist
- Alastair Salvesen, British billionaire businessman and heir
- Alastair Scott, several people
- Alastair Sim, comedy actor
- Alastair Sooke, English art critic and broadcaster
- Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter
- Alastair Stewart, ITV News presenter
- Alastair Storey, Scottish businessman
- Alastair Stout, British actor
- Alastair Taylor, several people
- Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, a great-grandson of Queen Victoria
Alistair
- Alistair Abell, Canadian voice actor
- Alistair Appleton, television presenter
- Alistair Begg, American pastor, author, and speaker
- Alistair Brammer, English actor
- Alistair Brownlee, British triathlete and Olympic gold medalist
- Alistair Bunkall, British journalist
- Alistair Campbell, Zimbabwean cricketer
- Alistair Carmichael, British politician
- Alistair Carns, British politician and Royal Marines officer
- Alistair Cragg, South African track and field athlete
- Alistair Cooke, journalist and broadcaster
- Alistair Darling, British politician
- Alistair Edwards, Australian football player and coach
- Alistair Fruish, English filmmaker, writer and novelist
- Alistair Hargreaves, South African rugby player
- Alistair Hinton, Scottish composer
- Alistair Knox, Australian designer, builder and landscape architect
- Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist
- Alistair MacLeod, Canadian novelist, short story writer and academic
- Alistair McGowan, English impressionist and comedian
- Alistair McGregor, Scottish field hockey goalkeeper
- Alistair Overeem, Dutch mixed martial arts fighter
- Alistair Petrie, British actor
- Alistair Sinclair, computer scientist
- Alistair Strathern, British politician
- Alistair Taylor, personal assistant to the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein
- Alistair Urquhart, Scottish businessman and author
- Ally MacLeod Scottish footballer and national team manager
- Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer
Allister
- Allister Adel, American district attorney
- Allister Bain, Grenadian actor, playwright, and screenwriter
- Allister Brimble, British video game composer
- Allister Carter, English snooker player
- Allister Coetzee, South African rugby union coach and former player
- Allister de Winter, Australian retired cricketer
- Allister Grosart, Canadian politician
- Allister Heath, British business journalist and commentator
- Ally Hogg, Scottish rugby union footballer
- Allister MacGillivray, Canadian singer/songwriter, guitarist, and music historian
- Allister Miller, South African aviation pioneer, First World War pilot, politician and entrepreneur
- Allister Sparks, South African writer
- Allister Surette, Canadian politician
- Allister Whitehead, British DJ, musician, remixer and record producer
Alister
- Alister Allan, Scottish rifleman
- Alister Campbell, Scottish rugby union player
- Alister Charlie, Guyanese politician
- Alister Clark, Australian rose breeder
- Alister Fraser Gordon, British general
- Alister Hardy, English marine biologist
- Alister Howden, New Zealand cricketer
- Alister Jack, Scottish politician
- Alister MacKenzie, British golf course designer
- Alister McDermott, Australian cricketer
- Alister McGrath, Northern Irish theologian, priest, intellectual historian, scientist and Christian apologist
- Alister Watson, British mathematician
Aleister
- Aleister Black, Dutch professional wrestler
- Aleister Crowley, 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
- Alastair or Alasdair Kirkland is the human name given to fanon Scotland, the character embodying Scotland, in Hetalia
- Alastair Caine, a demon on the television series Charmed
- Alastair Carstairs, a Shadowhunter in Cassandra Clare's The Last Hours trilogy
- Alistair Cheng, a character in the Crazy Rich Asians novel as well as the film adaptation
- Alistair Deacon, a character in the British sitcom As Time Goes By
- Alistair Theirin, a character from the Dragon Age video game series
- Alistair Fitzfassenden, a character for The Millionairess, a play by George Bernard Shaw
- Sir Alistair Hammerlock, a character from the Borderlands video game series
- Alistair Leslie Graham, better known as Ali G, one of three fictional characters created and portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen
- 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
- Alistair Ryle, a character in the play Posh and film The Riot Club
- Alistair Krei, a Big Hero 6 character
- Alastair, family name of characters in three Georgette Heyer romance novels, These Old Shades, Devil's Cub and An Infamous Army
- Alistair, a character from the Twilight book and film series
- General Alister Azimuth, a character from Ratchet & Clank
- Allister, a Ghost-type Gym Leader based in the town of Stow-on-Side in Pokémon Shield
- Aleister, a mage-type character in Arena of Valor
- Aleister, Sterling Archer's butler in Season 11 of FXX's Archer
- 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
- Alistar, a minotaur in the League of Legends game
- Alistair, a character in the film Wonder Woman 1984
- Alistair, a character in the Never After series by Melissa De La Cruz.
- Alistair, a character in the video game, ''Dragon Quest VIII''
Other use
- Cyclone Alistair, a moderate tropical cyclone that existed near Australia in April 2001.