Gender Masculine

Meaning & History

Old English form of Alfred.

Related Names

Rootsælf + ræd
Other Languages & CulturesAlfred(Albanian) Alfréd(Czech) Alfred(Danish) Alfred(Dutch) Alfred, Alf, Alfie(English) Alfred(French) Alfred, Fred(German) Alfréd(Hungarian) Alfredo, Fredo(Italian) Alfrēds(Latvian) Alfredas(Lithuanian) Alfred(Norwegian) Alfred(Polish) Alfredo(Portuguese) Alfréd(Slovak) Alfredo(Spanish) Alfred(Swedish)

Sources & References

  1. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, year 495, available from https://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/angsax.asp.
  2. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 15.
Entry updated February 4, 2020