Given name
Alferd
“one who counsels the elves”
Alferd is a variant of Alfred. One English interpretation is “one who counsels the elves.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alferd is a variant of Alfred. One English interpretation is “one who counsels the elves.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alferd is a variant of Alfred. An origin associated with Alfred is Old English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alferd through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 957
- 957 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30 in 1930. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 232 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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