Name Element ÆLF

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, Ælfheah, Ælfnoð, Ælfræd, Ælfric, Ælfsige, Ælfstan, Ælfswiþ, Ælfþryð, Ælfthryth, Ælfweard, Ælfwig, Ælfwine, Ælfwynn(Anglo-Saxon) Alfréd(Czech) Alfred(Danish) Alfred(Dutch) Alfred, Alfreda, Alvena, Alvin, Alvina, Aubree, Aubrey, Aubrie, Aubrielle, 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(History) Alfréd(Hungarian) Alberico, Alfreda, Alfredo(Italian) Alfrēds(Latvian) Alfredas(Lithuanian) Elric(Medieval English) Auberi(Medieval French) Ailín(Medieval Irish) Alfred(Norwegian) Albarīks, Albaweniz(Old Germanic) Alfríkr, Alfvin(Old Norse) Alfred, Alfreda(Polish) Alfredo(Portuguese) Alfréd(Slovak) Alfredo(Spanish) Alfred, Alvin(Swedish)
Surname DescendantsAlfredson, Alvey, Alvin, Avery, Elwin, Elwyn, Alger(English) Alberghi, Alberici, Alberighi, Albricci, Albrici(Italian) Alfredsson(Swedish)

Sources & References

  1. Bosworth and Toller. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), page 14, available from http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oe_bosworthtoller_about.html.
Entry updated October 6, 2024