Comments for the name Alec

A woman that goes to my church, Angela, has a daughter named Alec in the 5th grade.

It's a pretty common shortening of Alexander back home. I never met a female Alec though.

Alec Guinness was a famous actor, to a lot of people he is mostly Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars.

Alec Ramsay is the hero of "The Black Stallion" book series.

Can also be spelled Alek.

I don't like the name Alec. Sounds like an epithet for "smart-aleck."

Alec was the nickname they used for Tyrone Power's character in the classic film of 1938: "Alexander's Ragtime Band". Nice film but "Alec" sounds silly.

Alec can also be pronounced AL-eek. I knew someone (a girl, for a boy it sounds bad) named Alec and it was their real name, it wasn't a short name and this is how they would pronounce it.

The name Alec will seem eternally sexy to you if you ever read the novel Maurice by E. M. Forster (perhaps even more so if you see the film). Alec Scudder is the gamekeeper.

Actor Alec Baldwin is a famous bearer.

This pet form is also used in Russia. Pronounced: AH-lek.

I love it, named my second son Alec (first son, Jack). Alec is charming yet masculine. Unique but not strange. Short, strong, all American. It's a great name.

Alec D'Urberville is a character in Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles, the story of a girl descended from a once-wealthy family who seeks the aid of those bearing her family name, though they are not her kinsmen at all, but merely annexed it. She is a bit of a naive country girl raised in the Vale of Blackamoor.

Alec Empire, an electronic music artist and member of the electrorock band Atari Teenage Riot. I can't say I like his music much, but a couple of his ambient tracks, Low on Ice and The Report, are fantastic.

Alec sounds kind of phlegmy.

I like this name better than Alex when it's short for Alexander, but when it's a name in itself, uck. It's all around gross sounding alone. Get a better name.

I believe the name Alec is Scottish and the meaning is 'defender of mankind'.

A variant is Alick.

I really like this name. It's cute and not as common as Alex or Alexander.

To me, this is a good and strong name and I like it.

I like this name, it's cool.

I don't like this name. It's too short, and the Alec Baldwin association has ruined this name for me.

I much prefer this as a nickname for Alexander than Alex, which is getting way too common. But I really like it on it's own, too. I used to know a guy named Alec, and I thought it was short for Alexander at first, but it was just Alec. Cool name.

Alec Lightwood, a character from "Mortal Instruments".

I have a friend who's last name is Sanders, so we sometimes jokingly call him Alec.

Alec Hardison is the name of a character on the show Leverage.

I know a guy named Alec, it's a pretty cool name. It can be a nickname for Alexander or a stand alone name and still sound mature, unlike Alex, which is more of a nickname than a full name.