Aleister

Where Aleister comes from

From Scottish Gaelic Alasdair, from Norman French Alexandre or Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Aleister
  • Scottish Gaelic
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1997
    First appearance
    #8,110 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2020
    Peak, #2,046
    69 babies named Aleister — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, of rare usage, variant of Alastair.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.