Gender Feminine

Meaning & History

Old English name composed of the elements æðele "noble" and flæd, possibly meaning "beauty". This was the name of a 10th-century ruler of Mercia (a daughter of Alfred the Great).

Related Names

Rootsæðele + flæd
Other Languages & CulturesElfleda(English) Ethelfleda(Medieval English)
Same SpellingÆthelflæd

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Sources & References

  1. Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
  2. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 36.
Entry updated December 7, 2022