Alf

English

"elf counsel"

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Updated Fri Mar 21 2025

Alf Origin and Meaning

The name Alf is a boy's name meaning "elf counsel".

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.

# 971 in the US

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
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"