Alastar
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Alastar is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: From Old Irish Alaxander, borrowed from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).
- United States (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 2 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Old IrishAlaxander(measured from records)
- LatinAlexander(measured from records)
- Ancient GreekἈλέξανδροςAléxandros(measured from records)
- Ancient Greek rootἀλέξωaléxō“I defend”(measured from records)
From Old Irish Alaxander, borrowed from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).
Sources 1
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Alastar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 5 | — |
| CA Canada | — | 1 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | — | listed | — |
| NL Netherlands | — | listed | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Alastar is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Irish, a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander or Alec
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Irish Gaelic form of ALEXANDER .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alasdair Mac Collab. 1610GBnot in their usual nameScottish knight
- Alasdair MacIntyreb. 1929GBnot in their usual nameScottish-American philosopher (1929–2025)
- Alasdair Milneb. 1930GBnot in their usual nameformer Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation
- Alasdair Grayb. 1934GBnot in their usual nameScottish writer and artist (1934–2019)
- Alasdair Morganb. 1945GBnot in their usual nameScottish politician (born 1945)
- Alasdair McDonnellb. 1949GBnot in their usual nameIrish politician
- Alasdair Allanb. 1971GBnot in their usual nameScottish politician (born 1971)
- Alasdair Strokoschb. 1983GBnot in their usual nameScottish rugby union player
- Alasdair Dickinsonb. 1983GBnot in their usual nameScottish rugby union player
- Alasdair Flindnot in their usual namefilm producer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.
Reference works 1
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Alastar mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old Irish Alaxander, borrowed from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- Is Alastar a male or female name?
- Alastar is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Alastar?
- In the etymology graph, Alejandro, Alexander and Alexandre are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Alastar have the most bearers?
- Alastar is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Alastar?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/alastarThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alastar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.