Origin:British
Popularity:1705
Meaning:elf or magical counsel
Alfred as a boy's name is pronounced AL-fred. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Alfred is "elf or magical counsel".
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  • Alfred Carlton Gilbert
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  • Alfred Hitchcock
    Director
  • Alfred J. Gross
    Inventor
  • Alfred Tennyson
    Poet
  • Alfred
    Osburth and King Aethelwulf , Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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