Elfriede
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| Elfreda | |
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| Gender | Female |
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| Word/Name | Germanic |
| Meaning | elf-strength |
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Elfreda, Elfrida, Alfrida, Elfrieda, Elfriede, Elftrude, Elftraut is a female given name, derived from Ælfþryð meaning "elf-strength". The name fell out of fashion in the middle ages and was revived in the 19th century in both England and Germany.
- medieval
- Saint Ælfthryth of Crowland (died c. 795)
- Ælfthryth, wife of King Coenwulf of Mercia (fl. 810s)
- Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders, daughter of King Alfred the Great (d. 929)
- Elftrude, daughter of Adele of Vermandois and Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (10th century)
- Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar, king of England, mother of Ethelred the Unready (d. 1000)
- modern
- Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
- Elfrida Rathbone (1871–1940)
- Elfriede Geiringer (1905–1998)
- Elfriede Trötschel (1913–1958)
- Elfriede Rinkel (b. 1922)
- Elfriede Gerstl (1932–2009)
- Elfriede Jelinek (b. 1946)
- other
- Elfrida, Arizona
- 618 Elfriede
- SS Elfrida, a Norwegian cargo ship in service 1947-59
- USS Elfrida (SP-988), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission in 1898, from 1899 to 1908, and from 1909 to 1918
- Elfrida, poetry published 1752 by William Mason
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