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

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

Five out of CalMac's 11 major vessels remain out of action along with the chartered catamaran Alfred and two smaller ferries, either due to faults or scheduled maintenance.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Although she had already received a good deal of acclaim, O’Keeffe had begun to feel oppressed by her life in New York with her husband, the pioneering photographer and art dealer Alfred Stieglitz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

He had long since turned over the running of the family business to his only son, my father, Alfred Tate, and spent his days engaged in “experiments” in his “laboratory” out back.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly