Alfred

American

[al-fred, -frid] / ˈæl frɛd, -frɪd /

noun

a first name: from the Old English words meaning “elf ” and “counsel.”

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Ahmad, his wife, and his two daughters eventually settled in uptown Oklahoma City, four miles northwest of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

“I want the court to hear me directly,” she wrote to Judge Alfred H. Bennett.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

In 1957, Alfred W. Fielding and Marc Chavannes were trying to create a new kind of textured wallpaper by attaching two plastic sheets together, but pockets of air got stuck in between.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Two other large ships, Isle of Lewis, Hebrides are away for scheduled maintenance or repairs, along with the chartered catamaran Alfred and a smaller ferry Loch Frisa.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

After he was freed from the Nashville jail, Alfred returned to the Hermitage, where he and Gracy would spend the rest of their lives.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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