Elfriede
| Elfreda | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Germanic |
| Meaning | elf-strength |
Elfreda, Elfrida, Alfrida, Elfrieda, Elfriede, Elftrude, Elftraut is a female given name, derived from Ælfþryð (Aelfthryth) meaning "elf-strength". The name fell out of fashion in the Middle Ages and was revived in the 19th century in both England and Germany. Although some of its modern forms like Alfieda can be mistaken for feminine versions of Alfred, that derives from Ælfræd ('elf-counsel' or 'wise-elf').
- medieval
- Saint Ælfthryth of Crowland (died c. 795)
- Ælfthryth, wife of King Coenwulf of Mercia (fl. 810s)
- Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders, daughter of King Alfred the Great (d. 929)
- Elftrude, daughter of Adele of Vermandois and Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (10th century)
- Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar, king of England, mother of Ethelred the Unready (d. 1000)
- modern
- Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
- Elfrida Rathbone (1871–1940)
- Elfriede Geiringer (1905–1998)
- Elfriede Trötschel (1913–1958), German soprano
- Elfriede Rinkel (born 1922), guard at the Ravensbrück concentration camp
- Elfriede Gerstl (1932–2009), Austrian author and Holocaust-survivor
- Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), Austrian playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature 2004
other
- Elfrida, Arizona
- 618 Elfriede
- SS Elfrida, a Norwegian cargo ship in service 1947-59
- USS Elfrida (SP-988), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission in 1898, from 1899 to 1908, and from 1909 to 1918
- Elfrida, poetry published 1752 by William Mason
See also
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