Alfred
/ˈælfɹəd/ · name
Meaning
- Alfred the Great, early king of England.
- A male given name from Old English.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A place in the United States:
- A town, the county seat of York County, Maine.
- A town and village therein, in Allegany County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in LaMoure County, North Dakota.
- A census-designated place in Jim Wells County, Texas.
- A community in Alfred and Plantagenet township, Ontario, Canada.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English Alfred, from Old English Ælfrǣd, from ælf (“elf”) + rǣd (“counsel”). Doublet of Alfredo and Avery. Equivalent to elf + rede. The modern pronunciation with /f/ is a spelling pronunciation; the name in Old English was pronounced with [v], as shown in its Middle English descendant Alured (in which u stands for modern v).
- Ælfrǣd(ang)→
- Alfred(enm)→
- Alfred (English)
- Relations: inh, inh
Related words
Descendant words
- Alfredo(Cebuano) (der)
- 阿爾弗列德(Chinese) (bor)
- Alfred(Danish) (bor)
- Alfred(Dutch) (bor)
- Alfredo(Esperanto) (der)
- Alfred(Finnish) (bor)
- Alfred(French) (der)
- Alfred(German) (bor)
- Alfredo(Italian) (der)
- Alfred(Norwegian) (bor)
- Alfred(Polish) (bor)
- Alfredo(Portuguese) (bor)
- Alfréd(Slovak) (der)
- Alfréd(Slovak) (der)
- Alfredo(Spanish) (bor)
- Alfred(Swedish) (bor)
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