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[ syll. al-fre-da, alf-r-eda ] The girl name Alfreda is pronounced AELFREHDah †. Alfreda is of Old English origin. It is used mainly in English, German, Italian, and Polish. The name Alfreda means 'inspired advice; old peace'. Two-element name derived from aelf and raed which are of the meanings 'elf, supernatural being' and 'counsel, advice' respectively. The name saw a modest revival in the late 19th century. In addition, Alfreda is a form (English, German, Italian, and Polish) of the English Elfreda. Alfreda is the feminine version of the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian Alfred. Forms of the name include the English Albreda and the English Alfredia. The short forms Alfre and Freda (English), and the pet forms Allie (English) and Fred (English) are other variants of Alfreda. Alfreda is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1925, 0.018% of baby girls were named Alfreda. It had a ranking of #456 then. The baby name has seen a marked drop in frequency since then, and is currently used only on a very light scale. Within the family of girl names directly related to Alfreda, Allie was the most popular in 2009. Baby names that sound like Alfreda include the English, German, Italian, and Polish Alberta, the English Albertha, the English Albreda, the Scandinavian Alberte, the English Alfredia, and the English and Greek Alverta.
† approx pronunciation for Alfreda: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
