Alfred

English

"wise counselor; elf counsel"

Alfred Origin and Meaning

The name Alfred is a boy's name of English origin meaning "wise counselor; elf counsel".

Alfred is up off his recliner! If you're looking for a path to Fred, you can go directly to Frederick or take the long way around with the so-out-it's-in-again Alfred. Alfred is quite popular in several European countries, especially England and Wales, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

Alfred the Great, King of Wessex (called "England's darling") was a wise, compassionate and scholarly king of old England in the tenth century. His name reached the height of its popularity from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century—it was in the Top 50 in the U.S. until 1933.

Among its best known bearers were the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, movie director Alfred Hitchcock, biologist/sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, Swedish inventor/industrialist Alfred Nobel, and photographer Alfred Stieglitz. And let's not forget Batman's butler, Alfred Pennyworth.

Hipper nicknames: Alf, Alfie, and Fred.

Alfred Rank in US Top 1000

# 927 in the US

Alfred Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 302 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Alfred

• 927 US 2023
• 302 Nameberry 2025
• 893 Future 2028
• 76 England 2023
• 371 Germany 2016
• 13 Sweden 2024
• 27 Norway 2024
• 4 Denmark 2023

20 Names Similar to Alfred

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Alfred.

• Albert
• Walter
• Francis
• Frederick
• Rupert
• Ernest
• Edgar
• Ralph
• Bernard
• Edwin
• Clarence
• Harold
• Edmund
• Leonard
• Eugene
• Gilbert
• Benedict
• Wilfred
• Rufus
• Wilbur

Famous People Named Alfred

• Alfred Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson, English poet
• Alfred the Great King of Wessex
• Alfred Bernhard Nobel Swedish inventor of dynamite
• Alfred Stieglitz American photographer, husband of painter Georgia O'Keeffe
• Alfred Russel Wallace British biologist
• Alfred Kinsey American biologist
• Alfred Duke of Saxe,Coburg and Gotha, second son of Queen Victoria
• Alfred North Whitehead English mathematician and philosopher
• Alfred Thayer Mahan American naval strategist
• Alfred Bester American author
• Alfred Hitchcock English film director
• Alfred Bruce "Bosie" Douglas English poet and companion of Oscar Wilde
• Alfred Morris American football player
• Alfred Lion German,American founder of Blue Note Records
• Alfred Newman American composer
• Alfred Charles William Harmsworth 1st Viscount Northcliffe, British newspaper magnate
• Alfred 'Alfie' Deyes English YouTuber
• Alfred Thomas "Freddie" Highmore English actor
• Alfred Binet French psychologist
• Alfred Walliams son of supermodel Lara Stone and comedian David Walliams
• Alfred Enoch English actor
• Alfred "Weird Al" Yankovic American musician/comedian
• Alfred Waterhouse British architect
• Alfried "Alfred" Felix Alwyn Krupp German industrialist
• Alfred Abraham Knopf Sr., American publisher

The name Alfred in Pop Culture

• Alfred Ashford antagonist of the video game 'Resident Evil'
• Alfred Hedgehog cartoon character
• Alfred Inglethorp character in Agatha Christie's 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles'
• Alfred Jones character in the movie 'Salmon Fishing the Yemen'
• Alfred F. Jones fictional character and personification of the USA in the manga and anime series 'Axis Powers: Hetalia'
• Alfred Lee character in Agatha Christie's 'Hercule Poirot's Christmas'
• Alfed Lickspittle character in the Hobbit movies
• Alfred E. Neuman name of the mascot and cover boy of the American magazine 'Mad'
• Alfred Pennyworth Bruce Wayne's butler in the Batman franchise
• Alfred Looney janitor at Vanderbilt High School in the ABC TGIF sitcom "Family Matters" he claims the name is pronounced "loonay"

International Variations of the name Alfred

• Alfredo Spanish
• Alfreck German
• Alfrid German
• Ailfrid Irish Gaelic