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Girl · Old English
Ælfthryth
Say it: ALF-thrith
Meaning
From Old English ælf 'elf' and thryth 'strength, power'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Revived as Elfrida in the 18th and 19th centuries, partly through plays about the queen.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Elfrida, Elfreda, Alfreda
Famous bearers
- Ælfthryth, queen of King Edgar
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Anglo-Saxon charters, chronicles and church records
- Royal and noble genealogies
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