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The Name Elfleda - Origin and Meaning of Elfleda
  



The Name Elfleda - Origin and Meaning of Elfleda


Gender

Feminine

Origin of the Name Elfleda

Old English

Usage of the Name Elfleda

Old English

Meaning of the Name Elfleda

The name Elfleda comes from the Old English name Æðelflæd, which is derived from the elements "æðel" - "noble" and "flæd" - "beauty".

Famous Bearers

Bearers of the name include Saint Ælfflæd of Whitby (654 - 713), an Anglo-Saxon Christian saint and the abbess of Whitby Abbey; Ælfflæd (fl. 10th century), the second wife of the English king Edward the Elder.
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