Name
ALFRED

Name ALFRED

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 368,654 births of Alfred in the countries below, which represents an average of 2,596 births of children bearing the first name Alfred per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 2,681 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Alfred   
In Italiano Nome Alfred   
Available variants : Alfréd , Alfrèd


Information about the first name Alfred

We celebrate Alfred on August 15th
The first name Alfred is listed in our categories :The first name Alfred has been assigned to:
99.97% to boys
0.03% to girls
The country where the first name Alfred is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 6 letters including 2 vowels and 4 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Alfred

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Alfred : Alferd, Fadler, Fradel

Alfred in Japanese *

Romajiarufureddo
Katakanaアルフレッド
Hiraganaあるふれっど
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Alfred in Japanese
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Alfred in sign language

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Alfred in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Alfred

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Old English Ælfrǣd, from ælf (“elf”) +‎ rǣd (“counsel”). Doublet of Alfredo and Avery.
  • The modern pronunciation with /f/ is a spelling pronunciation; the name in Old English was pronounced with [v], as shown in its Middle English descendant Alured (in which u stands for modern v).
Anagrams src :
  • Falder, fardel, fardle, farled, flared, larfed
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈælfɹəd/
  • (Appalachians, dated) IPA(key): /ˈælfɚd/
Proper noun src :
Given name (Other) src :
  • Alfred of Sareshel (12th–13th century), English translator
  • Alfred of Sherborne (10th century), English bishop
  • Alfred Francis (before 1909-after 1919), Welsh rugby player
  • Sir Alfred Mehran (1946–2022), birth name Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Iranian refugee
  • Alferd Packer (1842–1907), American cannibal
  • Alfred Westou, (11th century), English priest and relic collector
  • Alfred Worden (1932–2020), American astronaut, business executive, and author
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
FR French
Etymology src :
  • From English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd.
General
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /al.fʁɛd/
Proper noun src :
Polish
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈal.frɛt/
  • Rhymes: -alfrɛt
  • Syllabification: Al‧fred
Proper noun src :
SE Swedish
Etymology src :
Anagrams src :
  • farled
Proper noun src :
NL Dutch
Etymology src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑl.frɛt/
  • Hyphenation: Al‧fred
Proper noun src :
FI Finnish
Etymology src :
  • From English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd, possibly through Swedish Alfred.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlfred/, [ˈɑ̝lfre̞d]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlfred
  • Syllabification(key): Alf‧red
Proper noun src :
Proper noun (Statistics) src :
  • Alfred is the 513th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 389 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,583 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
DK Danish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd.
Proper noun src :
DE German
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈalfʁeːt/
  • Hyphenation: Al‧f‧red
 

Popularity of the name Alfred

Number of ALFRED births per year

Popularity of the name Alfred
Popularity of the name Alfred

Total births of Alfred by country

Births with the first name Alfred
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
240,051
97
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
65,872
27
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
12,790
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
10,459
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
9,592
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
7,210
2
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
6,790
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
6,393
0
NONorway
1945 - 2022
2,793
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
1,918
1
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
1,644
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
681
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
603
0
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
484
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
308
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
288
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
259
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
160
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
88
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
66
1
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
45
0
CLChili
2010 - 2021
16
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
13
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
2
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
1
0
Popularity of the name Alfred

Total births of Alfred by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Alfred
Country
Boys
Girls
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
739
0
SESweden
2022
502
0
DEGermany
2022
408
0
DKDenmark
2022
391
0
USUnited State of America
2022
252
0
NONorway
2022
203
0
NZNew Zealand
2022
46
0
FRFrance
2022
34
0
QCQuebec
2022
22
0
ATAustria
2021
15
0
BEBelgium
2022
13
0
ONOntario
2019
13
0
BCBritish Columbia
2022
9
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
9
0
PLPoland
2022
7
0
ABAlberta
2022
6
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
6
0
IEIreland
2022
4
0
CLChili
2021
1
0
ITItaly
2021
1
0

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Personalities with the first name Alfred

There are 961 personalities with the first name Alfred

Alfred Hitchcock (Alfred Joseph Hitchcock) src

United states of america United kingdom United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Screenwriter Cinematographer Television producer Television director Film director Film editor Film actor Film producer

Alfred Nobel (Alfred Bernhard Nobel) src

Sweden
Photographer Engineer Chemist Industrialist Philanthropist Weapons manufacturer

Al Pacino (Alfredo James Pacino) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Stage actor Film director Film producer Television actor Film actor

Alfred Tennyson src

United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Writer Poet Politician

Alfred Adler src

Austria-hungary Republic of german-austria First republic of austria
Psychiatrist Psychotherapist Ophthalmologist

Alfred De Musset (Louis-Charles-Alfred De Musset-Pathay) src

France
Novelist Writer Poet Librarian Playwright Chess composer

Alfred Le Grand src

Kingdom of wessex
Politician

Alfred Russel Wallace src

United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Ornithologist Botanist Entomologist Anthropologist Explorer Anti-vaccine activist Naturalist Writer Mathematician Zoologist Beekeeper Biologist Geographer

Alfred North Whitehead src

United kingdom
Physicist Mathematician Theologian Philosopher

Weird Al Yankovic (Alfred Matthew Yankovic) src

United states of america
Actor Comedian Singer-songwriter


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Alfred
Full list of personalities with the first name Alfred

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Alfred

There are 941 actors and actresses with the first name Alfred
Alfred Bjerre Larsen
Alfred Gabidullin
Alfred Labatos
Alfred Enoch
Alfred Atienza
Alfred Vargas
Alfred Briere
Alfred Cole
Alfred Hartung
Alfred Lutter Iii
Alfred Cerullo
Alfred Dorfer
Alfred Sauchelli Jr.
Alfred Holighaus
Alfred Barker Jr.
Alfred Cheung
Alfred Molina
Alfred Bualoti
Alfred Van Den Heuvel
Alfred Sramek
Alfred Kleinheinz
Alfred Mallia
Alfred Muff
Alfred Burgstaller
Alfred Lagarde
Alfred Mazza
Alfred Pfeifer
Alfred Rücker
Alfred Rupprecht
Alfred Worm

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Alfred
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Alfred

Rankings of first name ALFRED by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#12DK Denmark2022
#12SE Sweden2022
#26NO Norway2022
#80GB United Kingdom2021
#107NZ New Zealand2022
#167DE Germany2022
#214CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#249QC Quebec2022
#371AT Austria2021
#427BC British Columbia2022
#465PL Poland2022
#680AB Alberta2022
#742BE Belgium2022
#748ON Ontario2019
#772IE Ireland2022
#824US United State of America2022
#1154FR France2022
#1177CH Switzerland2021
#5406CL Chili2021
#22535IT Italy2021
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name ALFRED (female) births over the last year available in each country
Other boys' names around Alfred
ALFOSAINIALFOSNOALFOUSSENYALFOUSSEYNIALFRAAZALFRADOALFRANALFRANCISALFRANIOALFRDEDO ALFRED ALFRÉDALFRÈDALFREDASALFREDDALFREDDOALFREDEALFREDINHOALFREDNATHANALFREDOALFREDOEMANUELE

Other girls' names around Alfred
AL'FONSINAALFONSINESALFONSOALFONZALFONZAALFONZINAALFORAALFORICIOALFOSINAALFRAGANI ALFRED ALFREDAALFRÉDAALFREDEALFREDELINDAALFREDENAALFREDIAALFREDIEALFREDINAALFREDINEALFREDITO

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