Alastar

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Irish form of ALEXANDER.

ALEXANDER   male   English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος). In Greek mythology this was another name of the hero Paris, and it also belongs to several characters in the New Testament. However, the most famous bearer was Alexander the Great, King of Macedon. In the 4th century BC he built a huge empire out of Greece, Egypt, Persia, and parts of India. Due to his fame, and later medieval tales involving him, use of his name spread throughout Europe.

The name has been used by kings of Scotland, Poland and Yugoslavia, emperors of Russia, and eight popes. Other notable bearers include English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744), American statesman Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), Scottish-Canadian explorer Sir Alexander MacKenzie (1764-1820), Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), and Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), the Scottish-Canadian-American inventor of the telephone.
EQUIVALENTS
ALBANIAN: Aleksander
ANCIENT GREEK: Alexander, Alexandros
ARABIC: Iskandar
ARMENIAN: Aleksandr
BASQUE: Alesander
BELARUSIAN: Aliaksandr
BIBLICAL GREEK: Alexandros
BIBLICAL: Alexander
BULGARIAN: Aleksandar
CATALAN: Alexandre
CROATIAN: Aleksandar
CZECH: Alexandr
DANISH: Aleksander, Alexander
DUTCH: Alexander
ENGLISH: Alexander
ESPERANTO: Aleksandro
ESTONIAN: Aleksander
FINNISH: Aleksanteri
FRENCH: Alexandre
GALICIAN: Alexandre
GEORGIAN: Aleksandre
GERMAN: Alexander
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Alexander, Alexandros
GREEK: Alexandros
HUNGARIAN: Alexander
ICELANDIC: Alexander
INDONESIAN: Iskandar
ITALIAN: Alessandro
LATVIAN: Aleksandrs
LITHUANIAN: Aleksandras
MACEDONIAN: Aleksandar
MALAY: Iskandar
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Aleksandru
NORWEGIAN: Aleksander, Alexander
PASHTO: Sikandar
PERSIAN: Eskandar
POLISH: Aleksander
PORTUGUESE: Alexandre
ROMANIAN: Alexandru
RUSSIAN: Aleksandr
SCOTTISH: Alasdair, Alastair, Alistair, Alister
SERBIAN: Aleksandar
SLOVAK: Alexander
SLOVENE: Aleksander
SPANISH: Alejandro
SWEDISH: Alexander
TURKISH: İskender
UKRAINIAN: Aleksandr, Oleksander, Oleksandr
URDU: Sikandar
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ALBANIAN: Skender
BULGARIAN: Sasho
CATALAN: Àlex
CROATIAN: Sandi, Saša
CZECH: Aleš
DANISH: Alex, Sander
DUTCH: Alex, Lex, Sander, Xander
ENGLISH: Al, Alec, Alex, Lex, Sandy, Xander, Zander
ESPERANTO: Aleĉjo
FINNISH: Ale, Samppa, Santeri, Santtu
FRENCH: Alex, Sacha, Sasha
GEORGIAN: Sandro
GERMAN: Alex, Sascha
HUNGARIAN: Sándor, Sanyi
ICELANDIC: Alex
ITALIAN: Ale, Alex, Sandro
MACEDONIAN: Aca, Ace, Aco, Sasho
NORWEGIAN: Alex, Sander
POLISH: Aleks, Olek
PORTUGUESE: Alex, Xande, Xandinho
ROMANIAN: Alex, Sandu
RUSSIAN: Aleks, Sanya, Sasha, Shura
SCOTTISH: Ally, Sawney
SERBIAN: Aca, Aco, Saša
SLOVAK: Aleš
SLOVENE: Aleks, Aleš, Sandi, Saša, Sašo
SPANISH: Ale
SWEDISH: Alex, Sander
UKRAINIAN: Aleks, Oles, Sasha
YIDDISH: Sender
FEMININE FORMS
ANCIENT GREEK: Alexandra
BULGARIAN: Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Sashka
CROATIAN: Aleksandra, Sanda, Sandra, Saša
CZECH: Alexandra
DANISH: Alexandra, Sandra
DUTCH: Alex, Alexandra, Sandra, Xandra
ENGLISH: Alex, Alexa, Alexandra, Alexandrea, Alexandria, Alexandrina, Alexina, Ali, Allie, Ally, Alyx, Lexa, Lexi, Lexie, Lexine, Lexy, Sandie, Sandra, Sandy, Sasha, Sondra, Zandra
ESTONIAN: Aleksandra
FINNISH: Sandra
FRENCH: Alexandra, Alexandrie, Alexandrine, Sacha, Sandra, Sandrine, Sasha
GERMAN: Alexandra, Alexandrine, Sandra, Sascha
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Alexandra
GREEK: Alexandra
HUNGARIAN: Alexandra, Szandra
ICELANDIC: Alexandra, Sandra
IRISH: Alastríona
ITALIAN: Alessa, Alessandra, Alexandra, Sandra
LATVIAN: Sandra
LITHUANIAN: Sandra
MACEDONIAN: Aleksandra, Sandra, Sashka
NORWEGIAN: Alexandra, Sandra
POLISH: Aleksandra, Ola
PORTUGUESE: Alexandra, Alexandrina, Sandra
ROMANIAN: Alexandra, Sanda, Sandra
RUSSIAN: Aleksandra, Aleksandrina, Alexandra, Sanya, Sasha, Shura
SCOTTISH: Saundra
SERBIAN: Aleksandra, Sandra, Saša
SLOVAK: Alexandra
SLOVENE: Aleksandra, Sandra, Saša
SPANISH: Ale, Alejandra, Alexandra, Sandra
SWEDISH: Alexandra, Sandra, Sassa
UKRAINIAN: Aleksandra, Alexandra, Lesya, Oleksandra, Sasha