Alfred

English

"wise counselor; elf counsel"

Alfred Origin and Meaning

Variation of Alf

Alfred Rank in US Top 1000

# 838 in the US

Alfred Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 424 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Alfred

• 838 US 2024
• 424 Nameberry 2025
• 893 Future 2028
• 81 England 2024
• 371 Germany 2016
• 13 sweden 2024
• 27 Norway 2024
• 9 Denmark 2024

20 Names Similar to Alfred

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• Edwin
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• Edmund
• Leonard
• Eugene
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• Benedict
• Wilfred
• Rufus
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Famous People Named Alfred

• Alfred Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson, English poet
• Alfred the Great King of Wessex
• Alfred Bernhard Nobel Swedish inventor of dynamite
• Alfred Stieglitz American photographer, husband of painter Georgia O'Keeffe
• Alfred Russel Wallace British biologist
• Alfred Kinsey American biologist
• Alfred Duke of Saxe,Coburg and Gotha, second son of Queen Victoria
• Alfred North Whitehead English mathematician and philosopher
• Alfred Thayer Mahan American naval strategist
• Alfred Bester American author
• Alfred Hitchcock English film director
• Alfred Bruce "Bosie" Douglas English poet and companion of Oscar Wilde
• Alfred Morris American football player
• Alfred Lion German,American founder of Blue Note Records
• Alfred Newman American composer
• Alfred Charles William Harmsworth 1st Viscount Northcliffe, British newspaper magnate
• Alfred 'Alfie' Deyes English YouTuber
• Alfred Thomas "Freddie" Highmore English actor
• Alfred Binet French psychologist
• Alfred Walliams son of supermodel Lara Stone and comedian David Walliams
• Alfred Enoch English actor
• Alfred "Weird Al" Yankovic American musician/comedian
• Alfred Waterhouse British architect
• Alfried "Alfred" Felix Alwyn Krupp German industrialist
• Alfred Abraham Knopf Sr., American publisher

The name Alfred in Pop Culture

• Alfred Ashford antagonist of the video game 'Resident Evil'
• Alfred Hedgehog cartoon character
• Alfred Inglethorp character in Agatha Christie's 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles'
• Alfred Jones character in the movie 'Salmon Fishing the Yemen'
• Alfred F. Jones fictional character and personification of the USA in the manga and anime series 'Axis Powers: Hetalia'
• Alfred Lee character in Agatha Christie's 'Hercule Poirot's Christmas'
• Alfed Lickspittle character in the Hobbit movies
• Alfred E. Neuman name of the mascot and cover boy of the American magazine 'Mad'
• Alfred Pennyworth Bruce Wayne's butler in the Batman franchise
• Alfred Looney janitor at Vanderbilt High School in the ABC TGIF sitcom "Family Matters" he claims the name is pronounced "loonay"

International Variations of the name Alfred

• Alfredo Spanish
• Alfreck German
• Alfrid German
• Ailfrid Irish Gaelic