Given name · also Old Norse
Álǫf
Álǫf is a feminine given name from Proto-Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Old Norse.
Original Old Norseᚬᛚᛅᚢᚠ
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Álǫf comes from Proto-Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚢ, from Proto-Germanic *Anulaibō.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Álǫf’s family of names
In Old Norse usage, Álǫf has a related form in ᚬᛚᛅᚢᚠ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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