Alf
noun
a first name, form of Alfred.
Alf
American
[alf, ahlf]
/ ælf, ɑlf /
noun
ALF
1
British
abbreviation
alf
2
British
/ ælf /
noun
Etymology
Origin of alf
from shortening of the name Alfred
Example Sentences
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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
But Sir Alf Ramsey stuck with the man who only made his international debut a few months earlier, and the rest is history.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 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
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
Alf held the damp, sea-stained carpetbag at arm’s length.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
The study was financed by grants from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation, Region Stockholm, the ALF scheme and the Swedish Research Council.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
TV is in the early stages of developing an ALF reboot, TV Line reports.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2018
Furthermore, ALF administrators don’t get help from Medicaid in prepping their facilities for storms.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2018
Other films have, somewhat annoyingly, portrayed the ALF as entirely saintly and awesome.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2017
ALF a dozen little children brimful of life and frolic, a delicate wailing infant, an indolent maid of all work, and a careworn anxious mother, wearied with sleepless nights and the burden of domestic cares!
From For John's Sake and Other Stories. by Annie Frances Perram
The name elf, which is frequently used by Shakespeare, is the same as the Anglo-Saxon alf, the Old High-German and the Middle High-German ulf.
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
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
"Where we'll all be afore we're much older—in ell this alf our."
From The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea by Alfred Ollivant
Yes, that was Nelson all through: one alf woman, t'other alf hero.
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
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