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Diminutive of ALISTAIR.

ALISTAIR   male   Scottish
Anglicized form of ALASDAIR.
ALASDAIR   male   Scottish
Scottish 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.
FULL FORMS
SCOTTISH: Alasdair, Alastair, Alistair, Alister
EQUIVALENTS
ALBANIAN: Aleksander, Skender
ANCIENT GREEK: Alexander, Alexandros
ARABIC: Iskandar
ARMENIAN: Aleksandr
BASQUE: Alesander
BELARUSIAN: Aliaksandr
BIBLICAL GREEK: Alexandros
BIBLICAL: Alexander
BULGARIAN: Aleksandar, Sasho
CATALAN: Àlex, Alexandre
CROATIAN: Aleksandar, Sandi, Saša
CZECH: Aleš, Alexandr
DANISH: Aleksander, Alex, Alexander, Sander
DUTCH: Alex, Alexander, Lex, Sander, Xander
ENGLISH: Al, Alec, Alex, Alexander, Lex, Sandy, Xander, Zander
ESPERANTO: Aleĉjo, Aleksandro
ESTONIAN: Aleksander
FINNISH: Ale, Aleksanteri, Samppa, Santeri, Santtu
FRENCH: Alex, Alexandre, Sacha, Sasha
GALICIAN: Alexandre
GEORGIAN: Aleksandre, Sandro
GERMAN: Alex, Alexander, Sascha
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Alexander, Alexandros
GREEK: Alexandros
HUNGARIAN: Alexander, Sándor
ICELANDIC: Alex, Alexander
INDONESIAN: Iskandar
IRISH: Alastar
ITALIAN: Ale, Alessandro, Alex, Sandro
LATVIAN: Aleksandrs
LITHUANIAN: Aleksandras
MACEDONIAN: Aca, Ace, Aco, Aleksandar, Sasho
MALAY: Iskandar
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Aleksandru
NORWEGIAN: Aleksander, Alex, Alexander, Sander
PASHTO: Sikandar
PERSIAN: Eskandar
POLISH: Aleks, Aleksander, Olek
PORTUGUESE: Alex, Alexandre, Xande, Xandinho
ROMANIAN: Alex, Alexandru, Sandu
RUSSIAN: Aleks, Aleksandr, Sanya, Sasha, Shura
SCOTTISH: Sawney
SERBIAN: Aca, Aco, Aleksandar, Saša
SLOVAK: Aleš, Alexander
SLOVENE: Aleks, Aleksander, Aleš, Sandi, Saša, Sašo
SPANISH: Ale, Alejandro
SWEDISH: Alex, Alexander, Sander
TURKISH: İskender
UKRAINIAN: Aleks, Aleksandr, Oleksander, Oleksandr, Oles, Sasha
URDU: Sikandar
YIDDISH: Sender
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
HUNGARIAN: Sanyi
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