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Gender
Masculine
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Origin of the Name Alfred
Old English
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Usage of the Name Alfred
English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, French
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Meaning of the Name Alfred
The name Alfred comes from the Old English name Ælfræd containing the elements "ælf" - "elf" and "ræd" - "counsel".
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Interesting Facts about Alfred
- There are two operas called Alfred about Alfred the Great of Wessex, one by Thomas Arne and the other by Antonín Dvořák.
- Alfred Music Publishing, founded by American composer Alfred Piantodosi in 1922, is the largest publisher of material for music students in the world.
- Alfred Jingle is a minor character in Charles Dickens' novel The Pickwick Papers (1836).
- Also, in the musical My Fair Lady (1956), which is based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, Alfred P. Doolittle is the father of the heroine Eliza Doolittle.
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Famous Bearers
Bearers of the name include Alfred the Great (c. 848 - 899), the King of Wessex;
Alfred Waterhouse (1830 - 1905), an English architect;
Alfred Nobel (1833 - 1896), a Swedish engineer and innovator who introduced the Nobel Prizes;
Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947), an English mathematician and philosopher;
Alfred Stieglitz (1864 - 1946), an American photographer;
Alfred Jarry (1873 - 1907), a French writer;
Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980), an English film director;
Alfred Schnittke (1934 - 1998), a Russian composer.
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Names Related to Alfred
List of names related to Alfred.
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