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ELFLEDA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Archaic)

From the Old English name Æðelflæd which means "noble beauty" from æðel "noble" combined with 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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