Alfred

American  

[al-fred, -frid] / ˈæl frɛd, -frɪd /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

Four other vessels - MV Hebrides, MV Loch Frisa, MV Isle of Lewis and the chartered catamaran MV Alfred - are all away for scheduled maintenance or repairs.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Alfred Barr, the first director of the Museum of Modern Art, thought of its collection as “metabolic” or “self-renewing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The kind of high point, the peak of his trajectory, was kind of preparing the ground for the Dreyfus affair, which began in 1894 with the arrest of the Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

Bert was the Match-Man’s name—Herbert Alfred for Sundays.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers