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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish personal names).
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ALASTAIR. Also Al(l)ister (Sc. 1843 Bk. Sc. Song (Whitelaw) 212), Alasdair, Alaster (Sc. 1803 Sc. Mus. Museum VI. 591). Sc. forms of Gael. Alasdair, Alexander, which is recorded in Lowland Scot. from the 17th c. and became popular in the 20th in Sc. and later in Eng. [′ɑlɪstər]
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