ALJA

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Name Element

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element (see also VAL)

Proto-Norse

*alja- = 'other', 'foreign' [1]

Visigothic

ali = 'other', 'foreign' [2]

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
AUD see Alodia
MARK see Aljamarkiz
VERS see Elvira

See also Eleonora

First Element Forms

Alja-
El-

References

  1. Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
  2. Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)