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Alfred
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alfred Alfréd Alfreð Ælfræd
English
Etymology
From en enm Alfred, from en ang Ælfrǣd, from ang ælf elf rǣd counsel 1. en Alfredo 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).
Pronunciation
en /ˈælfɹəd/
en /ˈælfɚd/ Appalachians,dated 3 7 98
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Alfred.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en individuals Alfred the Great, early king of England.
en Ælfred
en male Old English.
en 1980 w:Graham Greene Doctor Fisher of Geneva, or the Bomb Party 6273193 fiction Unfortunately for me my father had combined diplomacy with a study of Anglo-Saxon history and, of course with my mother's consent, he gave me the name of Alfred, one of his heroes ( I believe she had boggled at Aelfred ). This Christian name, for some inexplicable reason, had become corrupted in the eyes of our middle-class world; it belonged exclusively now to the working class and was usually abbreviated to Alf. Perhaps that was why Doctor Fisher, the inventor of Dentophil Bouquet, never called me anything but Jones, even after I married his daughter.
en 1998 w:Steven Herrick A Place Like This fiction w:University of Queensland Press 0702229849 86 You give a kid a name like Cameron / or Alfred, or something like that, / and they end up wearing glasses / and looking at computers for the rest of their life.
en rare en patronymics.
en place c/USA:
en town/county seat co/York County s/Maine. TopoZone: Alfred, Maine
en town/and/village therein, in co/Allegany County s/New York. TopoZone: Alfred, New York
en ucomm co/LaMoure County co/North Dakota.
en CDP co/Jim Wells County s/Texas.
en community twp:suf/Alfred and Plantagenet p/Ontario c/Canada.
Derived terms
en Doral Alf,Alfie Alfred and Plantagenet Alfredian,Ælfredian Mount Alfred Alfred Nzo King Alfred's cake Alfred manta
Related terms
en Alfreda f
en Alfredo, en alfredo, en fettuccine Alfredo
en Avery
Descendants
2 desc
da Alfred 1
eo Alfredo
fo Alfred
fi Alfred 1
fr Alfred
de Alfred 1
el Αλφρέδος
it Alfredo
nrf Alfred
no Alfred 1
pt Alfredo
es Alfredo
sv Alfred 1
Translations
Male given name
Bengali: bn আলফ্রেড
Catalan: ca Alfred m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 阿爾弗雷德 Ā'ěrfúléidé, cmn 艾爾弗 Ài'ěrfú, cmn 艾爾弗雷德 Ài'ěrfúléidé, cmn 艾佛瑞 Àifúruì, cmn 亞弗列 Yàfúliè
Danish: da Alfred
Dutch: nl Alfred
Esperanto: eo Alfredo
Faroese: fo Alfred m
French: fr Alfred m
Georgian: ka ალფრედი
German: de Alfred m
Greek: el Αλφρέδος m
Icelandic: is Alfreð
Irish: ga Ailfrid m
Italian: it Alfredo
Latin: la Alfredus
Latvian: lv Alfrēds m
Norwegian: no Alfred
Persian: fa آلفرد 'Âlfered
Portuguese: pt Alfredo
Russian: ru А́льфред m, ru Альфре́д m, ru А́лфред m
Slovak: sk Alfréd m
Spanish: es Alfredo m
Swedish: sv Alfred
Welsh: cy Alffred m
References
Further reading
Alfred (name)
Alfred the Great
Alfred, Maine
Alfred, New York
Anagrams
en adeflr Falder fardel fardle farled flared larfed
en Individuals
Albanian
Proper noun
m
sq male
Declension
Azerbaijani
Proper noun
az en male given name Alfred
az Şəkərəliyev, A. Ş., Əliyev, Ş.T., Cavadov M. Ə. Nobel Mükafatı almış iqtisadçılar və onların nəzəriyyələri 2004 Elm Baku http://anl.az/el/Kitab/2013/272423.pdf Alfred Nobel 21 oktyabr 1833-cü ildə İsveçdə anadan olmuş, 8 yaşı olarkən atası Emmanuil Nobelin çalışdığı Sankt-Peterburqa köçmüşdür. Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden on October 21, 1833, and at the age of eight, moved to St. Petersburg, where his father, Emmanuel Nobel, was working. 5 https://web.archive.org/web/20201117155501/http://anl.az/el/Kitab/2013/272423.pdf 17 November 2020
az 2006 Gylman Ilkin Bakı və Bakılılar 149 Bu şirkətin müəssisləri üç qardaş: Lüdoviq, Robert, Alfred və bir də onların yaxın dostu The founders of this company were three brothers: Ludvig, Robert, Alfred and one of their close friends […]
az 2019 Manaf Süleymanov Eşitdiklərim, oxuduqlarım, gördüklərim 185 Arvadı və iki oğlu Alfred və Elmar ilə Peterburqdan vətənə qayıdır He returned home from St. Petersburg with his wife and two sons, Alfred and Elmar
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from da en Alfred, from da ang Ælfræd.
Proper noun
da male
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 21 194 males with the given name Alfred have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1900s decade. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from nl en Alfred.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈɑl.frɛt/
nl Al fred
Proper noun
m
nl male
Faroese
Etymology
Ultimately, from fo ang Ælfræd.
Proper noun
fo proper noun m
fo male
Usage notes
m Alfredsson Alfredsdóttir
Declension
Alfred Alfred Alfredi Alfreds
Finnish
Etymology
From fi en Alfred, from fi ang Ælfræd, possibly through fi sv Alfred.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male
Alfred Nussi
Declension
Alfred a 0
Statistics
dvv_20250813 464 2611 488
References
French
Etymology
From fr en Alfred, from fr ang Ælfræd.
Pronunciation
Alfredd
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Alfred.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Alfred.wav France
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Alfred.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
Proper noun
m
fr male
1 4 2 1887 Isabel F. Hapgood Il n’est pas rare aujourd’hui que le garçon bouvier se nomme Arthur, Alfred ou Alphonse, et que le vicomte — s’il y a encore des vicomtes — se nomme Thomas, Pierre ou Jacques. Ce déplacement qui met le nom « élégant » sur le plébéien et le nom campagnard sur l’aristocrate n’est autre chose qu’un remous d’égalité. L’irrésistible pénétration du souffle nouveau est là comme en tout. It is not rare for the neatherd's boy nowadays to bear the name of Arthur, Alfred, or Alphonse, and for the vicomte--if there are still any vicomtes--to be called Thomas, Pierre, or Jacques. This displacement, which places the "elegant" name on the plebeian and the rustic name on the aristocrat, is nothing else than an eddy of equality. The irresistible penetration of the new inspiration is there as everywhere else.
German
Etymology
de en Alfred, from de ang Ælfræd.
Pronunciation
de /ˈalfʁeːt/
de De-Alfred.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Al f red
Proper noun
m,s,e:s:-[with an article]
de male in the 19th century
Declension
m,s,e:s
Norman
Etymology
Ultimately, from nrf ang Ælfræd.
Proper noun
nrf proper noun m
nrf male Alfred
Norwegian
Etymology
Borrowed from no en Alfred, from no ang Ælfræd.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no male
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :bor en:Alfred<ety:uder<ang:Ælfræd>> 2 1
Pronunciation
Pl-Alfred.ogg
Proper noun
m-pr
pl male Alfred
pl Miał na imię Alfred i mówił po duńsku. His name was Alfred and he spoke Danish.
pl Pożyczyłam Alfredowi twój skuter. I lent Alfred your scooter.
Declension
Noun
pl noun form f
pl Alfreda gen p
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from sv en Alfred, from sv ang Ælfræd. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1751.
Proper noun
c
sv male, fashionable in the 19th century
Anagrams
sv adeflr farled