Alistair is a male given name. It is an anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic Alasdair. The latter is most likely a Scottish Gaelic variant of the Norman French Alexandre or Latin 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, not nearly so common, Anglicization of Alasdair is Allaster.
People
Alastair
Alastair Bray, Australian footballer
Alastair Aiken, British YouTuber
Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former director of communications
Alastair Clarkson, head coach of Hawthorn Football Club
Alastair Cook, English cricketer
Alastair Fothergill, British film producer, best known for BBC nature documentaries Alastair Gillespie, former Canadian politician who held several cabinet positions in the 1970s Alastair Mackenzie, Scottish actor most famous for playing Archie MacDonald in Monarch of the Glen Alastair Reynolds, Welsh science fiction author Alastair Robinson, Anglo-American field botanist Alastair Sim (1900–1976), comedy actor Alastair Sooke (born 1981), English art critic and broadcaster Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter Alastair Stewart, ITV News presenter 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 Brownlee, British triathlete and Olympic gold medalist
Alistair Campbell, Zimbabwean cricketer
Alistair Carmichael, British politician
Alistair Cooke (1908–2004), journalist and broadcaster
Alistair Darling, British politician
Alistair Hargreaves, South African rugby player
Alistair Hinton, Scottish composer
Alistair MacLean (1922–1987), Scottish novelist
Alistair MacLeod (1936–2014), Canadian novelist, short story writer and academic
Alistair McGowan, English impressionist and comedian
Alistair McGregor, Scottish field hockey goalkeeper
Alistair Overeem, Dutch MMA fighter
Alistair Sinclair, computer scientist
Alistair Taylor (1935–2004), personal assistant to the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein Ally MacLeod (1931–2004) Scottish footballer and national team manager Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer
Allister
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
Allister Hogg (born 1983), Scottish rugby union footballer
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
Alister
Alister Jack (born 1963), Scottish politician
Alister MacKenzie (1870–1934), British golf course designer
Alister McGrath (born 1953), Northern Irish theologian, priest, intellectual historian, scientist and Christian apologist
Aleister
Aleister Black, Dutch professional wrestler
Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), British occultist
Pseudonym
Alastair (artist), pseudonym of Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt, a German artist