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View Name: Elfleda


ELFLEDA
GENDER: Feminine
Meaning & History
From the Old English name Æðelflæd which means "noble beauty" from the elements æðel "noble" and flæd "beauty". Æðelflæd was a 10th-century queen of Mercia. This name became rare after the Norman conquest, but it was briefly revived in the 19th century.
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OTHER LANGUAGES: Æðelflæd (Anglo-Saxon)



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