Origin: From Old English words for elf and counsel
Gender: male
Languages of use: German
Is short form of: Alfred
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Language of origin: Old English
Info, male:
known from Alfred the Great, king of Wessex (9th century AD)
one of the few Old English names that became popular beyond England
Words:
aelf = the elf Old English
raed = the counsel Old English
Name variants: Alfreda, Aelfred, Alf, Alfie, Alfred, Alfredo, Alve, Fredi