Irish names

Alastar: how to pronounce it and what it means

Boys' names

Name and meaning

Irish form of Alexander

Origin

Borrowed through Latin Alexander from Greek. Its ancestral elements relate to defending and men.

How to pronounce it

AlastarIPA: /ˈal̪ˠəsˠt̪ˠəɾˠ/

Used as the equivalent of: Alexander, Alec

Naming equivalents do not always have the same origin.

Sources

Name definitions adapted from Wiktionary via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA 4.0). CC BY-SA 4.0

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