Alf
About Alf
Short form of Alfred that had fallen out of favor, but could come back alongside Alfie and other clunky old-style nicknames like Gus and Ike.
Pronounced ALF.
As of October 2026, Alf ranked #6081 in US births in 1979 SSA, peaked at #460 in 1883.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Alf on lists
Famous Alfs
- Alfred Mossman "Alf" Landon
American politician; 26th Governor of Kansas, defeated by Franklin Roosevelt in the 1936 presidential election
- Alfred Alexander "Alf" Taylor
American politician; 34th Governor of Tennessee
- Alf Clausen
American composer
Alf in pop culture
- ALF
acronym for the Animal liberation front, terrorist organization
- A.L.F.
80's TV show about an Alien Life Form dubbed ALF
- Alfred James "Alf" Stewart
character on Australian soap "Home and Away"
- Alf son of Sigar
king in Norse mythology
- Alf son of Alaric
Swedish king of the House of Yngling
- Alf Wit
character in British comic "The Beano"
- Sir Alf
character in film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
- 'Unlucky' Alf
character in British TV series "The Fast Show"
- Brother Alf
later Abbot Mordalfus, in Brian Jacques' Redwall books "Redwall" and "Mattimeo"