Given name
Alfild
“elf”·“battle, strife”
Alfild is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Bokmål.
Original Old NorseÁlfhildr
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alfild is built from elements meaning “elf” and “battle, strife”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Alfild developed from Álfhildr.
Alfild’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Alfild developed from the Old Norse form Álfhildr. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Alfild has a related form in ALFHILD. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Alfild has a related form in ALFHILD.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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