MacAlasdair
| MacAlasdair | |
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The Irish Mac Alastair in Gaelic script
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| Gender | Masculine |
| Language(s) | Scottish Gaelic |
| Other gender | |
| Feminine | NicAlasdair |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Scottish Gaelic |
| Derivation | mac + Alasdair |
| Meaning | "son" + "of Alasdair" |
| Other names | |
| Cognate(s) | Mac Alasdair |
| See also | Mac Alastair, Mac Alastruim, Mac Alsandair |
| Families | |
| Clan MacAlister | |
MacAlasdair is a masculine surname in Scottish Gaelic. The name translates into English as "son of Alasdair". The feminine form of the name is NicAlasdair, which translates into English as "daughter of Alasdair". These surnames originated as a patronyms, however they no longer refer to the actual name of the bearer's father. There are numerous Anglicised forms of MacAlasdair.
The Irish form of MacAlasdair is Mac Alasdair. Other similar Irish surnames are Mac Alastair, Mac Alastruim and Mac Alsandair. The feminine forms of these surnames for unmarried females are Nic Alasdair, Nic Alastair, Nic Alastruim, and Nic Alsandair. The feminine forms for married females are Bean Mhic Alasdair, Bean Mhic Alastair, Bean Mhic Alastruim, and Bean Mhic Alsandair; these names can also be contracted to Mhic Alasdair, Mhic Alastair, Mhic Alastruim, and Mhic Alsandair.
The Irish and Scottish Gaelic have many Anglicised forms. The Scottish Gaelic name has been borne by a notable Scottish clan, which was once seated on the south-west coast of Scotland. The Irish names have been borne by descendants of Scots who settled in the north of Ireland.
The Scottish Gaelic MacAlasdair originated as a patronym, in the form of mac Alasdair, which translates into English as "son of Alasdair". Today, however, the surname MacAlasdair does not refer to the actual name of the bearer's father. The name Alasdair is a Scottish Gaelic equivalent of the English Alexander, which is derived from the Latin form of the Greek . This Greek name is composed of two elements: the first, alexein, meaning "to defend"; the second, aner, meaning "man" or "warrior" (the genitive of aner is andros).Alexander has been an extremely popular given name in Scotland since the Middle Ages, when it was borne by three Scottish kings. The name was introduced into the country through Margaret (died 1093), the Hungarian-born wife of Malcolm III, King of Scots; in time one of their sons became Alexander I, King of Scots (died 1124).
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