Given name
Alfhild
“elf”·“battle, strife”
Alfhild is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk.
Original Old NorseÁlfhildr
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alfhild is built from elements meaning “elf” and “battle, strife”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Alfhild developed from Álfhildr.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1899. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alfhild through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 89
- 0 boys · 89 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 14 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 girls is 6 in 1922. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1916.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alfhild’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Alfhild developed from the Old Norse form Álfhildr. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Alfhild has a related form in ALFILD. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Alfhild has a related form in ALFILD.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alfhild has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Alfhild comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alfhild
- Alfhild AgrellSwedish writer and playwright (1849–1923)
- Alfhild TammSwedish physician1876–1959
- Elin Alfhild NordlundFinnish painter (1861-1941)
- Alfhild StormoenNorwegian actress (1883-1974)
- Alfhild HovdanNorwegian journalist1904–1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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