Given name
Æþelflæd
“nobility”·“cleanliness, beauty”
Æþelflæd is a feminine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Æþelflæd is built from elements meaning “nobility” and “cleanliness, beauty”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaflādi, built from Proto-West Germanic *aþal (“nobility”) + *flādi (“cleanliness, beauty”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Æþelflæd’s family of names
In Old English usage, Æþelflæd has a related form in Æðelflǣd.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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