Given name & surname
Alfa
In English use, Alfa has an alternative spelling in Alpha. One Greek interpretation is “the firstborn child; the first letter of the Greek alphabet.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Alfa has an alternative spelling in Alpha. One Greek interpretation is “the firstborn child; the first letter of the Greek alphabet.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Alfa has an alternative spelling in Alpha. An origin associated with Alpha is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Alfa is used as a spelling variant of Alpha.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alfa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 264
- 30 boys · 234 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #8,947 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,947 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 757 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alfa’s family of names
Alfa has an alternative spelling in Alpha. Alfa has a related form in Alpha. In Greek usage, Alfa as a surname is a transliteration of Αλφά.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Alfa
- Alfa SemedoBissau-Guinean association football playerborn 1997
- Alfa Yaya of Labé19th-century ruler of the Fula people (1830-1912)
- Alfa NtialloGreek basketball player (born 1992)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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