Aleister

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Alasdair, from Norman French Alexandre or Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ăl'-i-stər, IPA^(key): /ˈæl.i.stɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ăl'-i-stə, IPA^(key): /ˈæl.i.stə/

Proper noun

Aleister

1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, of rare usage, variant of Alastair.

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: آلِيسْتَر m (ʔālīstar)
• Armenian: Ալիստեր (Alister)
• Azerbaijani: Alister m
• Bulgarian: Алистър m (Alistǎr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿萊斯特 / 阿莱斯特 (Āláisītè)

• Georgian: ალისტერ m (alisṭer)
• Greek: Άλιστερ m (Álister)
• Hebrew: אליסטר m
• Japanese: アレイスター (Areisutā)
• Korean: 알레이스터 (Alleiseuteo)
• Latvian: Alisters m
• Lithuanian: Alisteris m
• Macedonian: Алистер m (Alister)
• Persian: الیستر (alister)
• Punjabi: ਐਲੇਸਟਰ m (ailesṭar)
• Russian: А́листер (ru) m (Álister)
• Serbo-Croatian: Алистер m, Alister m
• Ukrainian: А́лістер m (Álister)

Anagrams

• ateliers, e-tailers, earliest, etailers, laterise, leariest, realties