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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element, deriving from the Indo-Germanic word *albh- = 'to shine, gleam' [1]
Proto-Norse
*albiz = 'elf, supernatural being' [2]
Old Norse
alfr = 'elf, supernatural being' (in endings masculine) [1] [2] [3] [4]
alfr = 'a kind of underground being' [5]
ælfR = 'elf, supernatural being' (in endings feminine) [4]
Anglo Saxon
ælf = 'elf, supernatural being' [6] [7] [8]
Old High German
alb, alp = 'elf, supernatural being' [6] [9]
Old Saxon
alf = 'elf, supernatural being' [10]
Icelandic
alfur = 'elf, supernatural being' [9]
Faroese
álvur = 'elf, supernatural being' [9]
elvur = 'elf, supernatural being' [9]
Norwegian
alv = 'elf, supernatural being' [9]
Swedish
älva = 'elf, supernatural being' [9]
Related Names
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| ADAL | see Adalf (Norse) |
| ARINN | see Alfarinn (Norse) |
| ARN | see Alfarinn (Norse) |
| AS | see ÁsælfR (Norse) |
| AUD | see AuðælfR (Norse) |
| BJÖRN | see Alfbjǫrn (Norse) |
| BO | see Búálfur (Norse) |
| BORG | see Bergálfur (Norse) |
| BRAND | see Brandalfr (Norse) |
| BRYN | see Brynjálvur (Norse) |
| DIS | see Alfdís (Norse) and DísælfR (Norse) |
| DRIF | see Aldríf (Norse) |
| EY | see Álfey (Norse) and Øyalf (Norse) |
| FAST | see Alfastr (Norse) |
| FINN | see Alffinnr (Norse) |
| FRID | see FriðælfR (Norse) and Elfrieda (German) |
| FRÍÐ | see Alfridh (Norse) |
| GAND | see Gandalfr (Norse) |
| GAUT | see Alfgautr (Norse) |
| GEIR | see *Albigaizaz (Norse) and Alfger (German) and Ælfgar (English); GæiRalfR (Norse) |
| GERD | see Alfgerðr (Norse) |
| GISL | see Algísl (Norse) |
| GJAF | see Ælfgifu (English) |
| GRIM | see *Alfgrímr (Norse) |
| GUD | see GuðælfR (Norse) |
| GUNN | see GunnælfR (Norse) |
| HARD | see Alphard (German) |
| HEÐIN | see Álvheðin (Norse) |
| HEID | see Alfheiðr (Norse) |
| HER | see *Albiharjaz (Norse) and Albheri (German) and Ælfhere (English) and Herálvur (Norse) |
| HILD | see Alfhildr (Norse) |
| HREID | see *Reiðalfr (Norse) |
| HROD | see HróðælfR (Norse) |
| HUND | see Hundalfr (Norse) |
| ING | see Ingálvur (Norse) |
| JÓ | see Jóalfr (Norse) |
| JOR | see Joralf (Norse) |
| KETILL | see Alfketill (Norse) and KætilælfR (Norse) |
| LAUG | see Alflaug (Norse) |
| LEIK | see AlflakR (Norse) |
| LJOS | see Ljósálfur (Norse) |
| LJOT | see Álfljótr (Norse) |
| MAR | see Almarr (Norse) |
| MEY | see Álfmey (Norse) |
| MOD | see Álfmóðr (Norse) |
| MUN | see Monalf (Norse) |
| MUND | see Almund (Norse) |
| NOR | see Noralf (Norse) |
| NY | see Alfný (Norse) |
| RAD | see Álfráðr (Norse) and Alberad (German) and Ælfræd (English) |
| RAGN | see RagnælfR (Norse) |
| RIK | see AlfríkR (Norse) and Alberich (German) |
| ROS | see Álfrós (Norse) |
| RUN | see Alfrún (Norse), Runälf (Norse) and Albrun (German) |
| SOL | see Álfsól (Norse) |
| VALD | see Alfvaldr (Norse), Alboald (German) and Ælfwold (English) |
| VARD | see Alfvard (Norse) |
| VI | see Alví (Norse) and VíælfR (Norse) |
| VID | see Alvid (Norse) |
| VIN | see Alfvin (Norse), Albwin (German) and Ælfwine (English) |
| VÖR | see Álfvör (Norse) |
| ÞOR | see Álfþór (Norse) and Þóralfr (Norse) |
| ÞRUÐ | see Alþrúðr (Norse) and Ælfþryð (English) |
First Element Forms
Al-
Ál-
Alb-
Albe-
*Albi-
Alf-
Álf-
All-
Allf-
Alp-
Alv-
Alw-
Álv-
Elf-
Ælf-
Last Element Forms
-alf
-alfa
-alfr
-alfR
-álfur
-alv
-álvur
-elf
-elfa
-elfr
-elfur
-älf
-ælf
-ælfR
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Per Vikstrand: Förkristna sakrala personnamn i Skandinavien (Studia anthroponymica Scandinavica 27 (2009), 5–31)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)