Alf
noun
a first name, form of Alfred.
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Alf
American
[alf, ahlf]
/ ælf, ɑlf /
noun
ALF
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British
abbreviation
alf
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British
/ ælf /
noun
Etymology
Origin of alf
from shortening of the name Alfred
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Sir Alf Ramsey, 1966 World Cup winner, is the only other manager to have guided England's men's team to a major tournament final.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Tuchel is bidding to become the first England manager since Sir Alf Ramsey to win the World Cup and end a 60-year wait.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Pachuca welcomed their first Mexican player to the squad in 1908, with David Islas invited to join the side by the son of a Cornish miner from St Blazey named Alf Crowle.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Alf LaMont worked for Swalwell’s team as a digital communications expert until his firm quit on April 10 following news reports about the allegations against the East Bay Democratic congressman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
“It is as it was meant to be. Is Brother Alf nearby?”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
The study was funded by, amongst others, the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Brain Foundation, CIMED, ALF project funding and Karolinska Institutet funds.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
The only mask of the bunch worth buying, the one with Baby Yoda sipping soup, is unfortunately designed so that he looks like green ALF, snout and all.
From Slate ● May 21, 2020
Other films have, somewhat annoyingly, portrayed the ALF as entirely saintly and awesome.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2017
McLaughlin also played himself on episodes of "ALF" and "Murphy Brown" and was ridiculed as a speed-talking egomaniac by Dana Carvey on "Saturday Night Live."
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2016
ALF, a spirit; the same as Demon amongst the Greeks.
From The Death of Balder by George Henry Borrow
Ooray! ray! ray!—We're alf our ship's company short.
From The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea by Alfred Ollivant
And the gale—was it now sweeping northward on its mission of destruction? alf an hour passed.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 by Various
Not lookin her sauciest just now, I grant you: shrouds tore to tatters, mizzen spliced, bowsprit splintered, plugged fore and aft, and alf her weather bulwark carried away.
From The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea by Alfred Ollivant
Alfheri, alf, elf, and heri, warrior, the sense contained in the former word being perhaps that of occult wisdom.
From Surnames as a Science by Robert Ferguson
Elbow I take to be Elbo, from alb or alf, signifying "elf."
From Surnames as a Science by Robert Ferguson
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