Given name & surname
Alfredo
“one who counsels the elves”
Alfredo is a variant of Alfred. One English interpretation is “one who counsels the elves.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alfredo is a variant of Alfred. One English interpretation is “one who counsels the elves.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alfredo is a variant of Alfred. An origin associated with Alfred is Old English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Esperanto usage, Alfredo developed from the English form Alfred.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alfredo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57,360
- 57,075 boys · 285 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 1,089 babies
- 2025
- 301
- #820 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 301 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 820 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,080 in 1993. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (80). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 89,731 as a first name in 2020; 540 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alfredo’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Alfredo has a diminutive in Al. Alfredo developed from Alfred. In Spanish usage, Alfredo has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form ALFREDINO.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alfredo has relatives in 23 languages.
19 related names in 23 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Alfredvariant · English, Polish
- Dinodiminutive · Italian
- Aldiminutive · Tagalog
- primazonickname
- Alfreddolikely variant
- Allfredolikely variant
- Pedotdiminutive · ceb
- Pedongdiminutive · ceb
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Fredequivalent
- Alfreðequivalent
- АльфредRussian
- AlfrēdsLatvian
- AlfredusLatin
- アルフレッドJapanese
- Ælfrædroot · English, Old English
- AlfrédOld English, Hungarian
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See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Alfredo
- Alfredo Di StéfanoArgentine-Spanish association football player (1926–2014)
- Alfredo PalacioEcuadorian physician1939–2025
- Alfredo FoniItalian footballer (1911-1985)
- Alfredo TalaveraMexican association football playerborn 1982
- Alfredo AndersonPanamanian association football playerborn 1978
- Alfredo CasellaItalian composer, pianist and conductor (1883-1947)
- Alfredo KrausSpanish tenor (1927–1999)
- Alfredo BindaItalian cyclist1902–1986
- Alfredo CatalaniItalian operatic composer (1854-1893)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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