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Alfr

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse alfr = 'elf', 'supernatural being' (younger form of *Albiz), (see ALF) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Some of the related names below might be forms of Aulfr [7] or Alfarr [8] instead

Related Names

Alffuer ♂
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Alffuir ♂
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Alffuor ♂
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Alfr ♂
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Álfr ♂
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Alfuar ♂
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Alfuer ♂
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Alfuir ♂
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Álfur ♂
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Alfuær ♂
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Alfwar ♂
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Alfver ♂
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Alfwer ♂
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Alfær ♂
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Allfuer ♂
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Allfuær ♂
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 Old Norse
Allfwær ♂
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Alluær ♂
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 Old Norse
Aluar ♂
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Aluer ♂
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Aluerus ♂
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Aluær ♂
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Alwe ♂
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Alver ♂
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 Danish Finish Norwegian Old Norse Old Swedish Swedish
Alverus ♂
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Álvur ♂
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Auerus ♂
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See also Adolphus, Alf, Elfr, Keiju, Oliverus

Combinations

For combinations see ALF (name element)

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norse Mythology

Alfr is the name of a dwarf in Vǫluspá and in the Þulur [9]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[10]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark Denmark[11]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Norway Norway[12]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[13]
n.a.
 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[14]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Alfr.


References

  1. ↑ Kristian Hald: Personnavne i Danmark - Oldtiden (1971)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Erik Henrik Lind: Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden (Supplementband (1931)
  6. ↑ Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
  7. ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  8. ↑ Judith Ahrholdt: Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de (2004-2024).
  9. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  10. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  11. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  12. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  13. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  14. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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