Alfreda

Where Alfreda comes from

Originally a variant of Elfreda, used as a feminine form of Alfred since the 19th century.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alfreda
  • Old English
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #679 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1925
    Peak, #456
    231 babies named Alfreda — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1926
    Alfreda Markowska born
    Polish-Roma saviour of Holocaust and Porajmos victims
  4. 1932
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #663.
  5. 1940
    Alfreda Benge born
    artist
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Old English.
Namesakes
  • Alfreda Markowska · Polish-Roma saviour of Holocaust and Porajmos victims, 1926–2021
  • Alfreda Benge · artist, born 1940
  • Alfreda Hausner · Austrian chess player, 1927–2019
  • Alfreda Gerald · American singer, born 2000
  • Alfreda Bosworth Withington · American physician, 1860–1951

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.