Type Word & Element
Usage Anglo-Saxon [1]
Meaning & History
Old English word meaning "elf".
Related Items
Other Languages & Culturesalb (Frankish) albaz (Old Germanic) alb (Old High German) alfr (Old Norse)
Given Name DescendantsAlfred (Albanian) Ælfflæd, Ælfgar, Ælfgifu, Ælfgyð, Ælfheah, Ælfhild, Ælfnoð, Ælfræd, Ælfric, Ælfsige, Ælfstan, Ælfswiþ, Ælfþryð, Ælfthryth, Ælfweard, Ælfwig, Ælfwine, Ælfwynn (Anglo-Saxon) Alfred (Catalan) Alfréd (Czech) Alfred, Alvilda (Danish) Alfred (Dutch) Alfred, Alfreda, Alvena, Alvin, Alvina, Aubree, Aubrey, Aubrie, Aubrielle, Averi, Averie, Avery, Elfleda, Elfreda, Elfrieda, Elvin, Elvina, Elvis, Elwin, Elwyn, Algar, Alger, Elfrida (English) Alfred (French) Alfred, Elfriede, Alfreda (German) Alberic, Alberich, Alboin, Alfwin (Germanic) Alberich (Germanic Mythology) Alphege, Alwilda (History) Alfréd (Hungarian) Alberico, Alfreda, Alfredo (Italian) Alfrēds (Latvian) Alfredas (Lithuanian) Elric (Medieval English) Auberi (Medieval French) Ailín (Medieval Irish) Alfhild, Alfred, Alvilde (Norwegian) Albarīks, Albaweniz (Old Germanic) Alfhildr, Alfríkr, Alfvin (Old Norse) Alfred, Alfreda (Polish) Alfredo (Portuguese) Alfréd (Slovak) Alfredo (Spanish) Alfhild, Alfred, Alvin (Swedish)
Sources & References
- Bosworth and Toller. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), page 14, available from http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oe_bosworthtoller_about.html.
Entry updated May 26, 2026