Given name
Alfrida
“one who counsels the elves”
Alfrida is a variant of Alfreda. In German use, Alfreda carries the interpretation “one who counsels the elves.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alfrida is a variant of Alfreda. In German use, Alfreda carries the interpretation “one who counsels the elves.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alfrida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 46
- 0 boys · 46 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 12 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 5 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1958.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alfrida’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Alfrida has a short form in Frida. Alfrida has a related form in Alfreda. In Italian usage, Alfrida has a conventional equivalent in the German form Elfriede.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alfrida has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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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