Alfred
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Alfred is an Old English name meaning “elf counsel” or “wise counselor,” with Alfie, Alf, and Fred as nicknames and Alfredo as a Latin form. King Alfred, who unified the Anglo-Saxon peoples, is the only English king known as “the Great.” Alfred is slowly fading while Alfredo holds steady; famous bearers include Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Nobel, and MAD magazine’s Alfred E. Neuman. Namesakes include naturalist-explorer Alfred Russel Wallace, who collected specimens in the Amazon, and Alfred Bester, the sinister Psi Cop on Babylon 5.
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Usage of Alfred in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Alfred against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Alfred is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Alfred in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 293 boys were named Alfred, making it the #840 boys' name in the US. Since 1880, 243,861 boys have been named Alfred, with the most (6,252) in 1928. It is most common, relative to births, in Utah, Connecticut and Oregon.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Alfred in other languages
- Alfredo Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
- Alfréd Czech, English, Hungarian
- Alfreð Icelandic
- Fred Dutch
- Альфред Ukrainian
Alfred name days
- January 3 Norway
- January 3 Sweden
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Alfred
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Alfred, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Cyclone Alfred (Category 4) | 2025 | South Pacific | 213 km/h |
| Tropical storm Alfred | 2017 | South Pacific | 93 km/h |
| Tropical storm Alfred | 1986 | South Pacific | 83 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Alfred
There are 26 towns and villages with Alfred in their name, in 7 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 16🇦🇺 Australia 3🇨🇦 Canada 2🇿🇦 South Africa 2🇱🇷 Liberia 1🇹🇫 French Southern Territories 1🇿🇲 Zambia 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Port Alfred | Eastern Cape, 🇿🇦 South Africa | 30,981 | Map |
| Lake Alfred | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | 5,475 | Map |
| Alfred | New York, 🇺🇸 United States | 4,061 | Map |
| Alfred | Maine, 🇺🇸 United States | 2,596 | Map |
| Alfred Town | New South Wales, 🇦🇺 Australia | 104 | Map |
| Alfred | Texas, 🇺🇸 United States | 91 | Map |
| Alfred Faure | 🇹🇫 French Southern Territories | 45 | Map |
| Mount Alfred | Victoria, 🇦🇺 Australia | 26 | Map |
| Alfred | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | – | Map |
| Alfred | Ohio, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Alfred
There are 26 lakes and reservoirs with Alfred in their name, in 2 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 23🇺🇸 United States 3
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| Alfred Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Alfred Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Alfred Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Alfred Lake | Alberta, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Alfred Reservoir | Oregon, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lac Alfred | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Alfred | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Alfred | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Alfred | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Alfred | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Alfred songs
11 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Alfred in their title. The best known:
- Alfred's Theme
- Alfred Bulltop Stormalong
- Alfred og Emma
- Karl-Alfred och Ellinor – Evert Taube
- The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a Merry and Altogether Sincere Homage to Uncle Alfred – Luciano Berio (1969)
- A l'amic Alfred Matamala – Joan Lluís Moraleda i Perxachs
- ALFRED (51234)
- ALFRED (Baker)
- Den misskände spelmannen [Nr. 1 ur Två Visor af Alfred Bergström] – Alfred Bergström
- KING ALFRED
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Alfred
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Alfred.
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis
Alfred Aboya
Alfred Andriola
Alfred Bachmann
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Fictional characters named Alfred
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Alfred as a pet name
FurryName has found 120 dogs named Alfred in public pet registers, making it the #1,006 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Laval (4), Port Moody (3), Adelaide (1). Alfred as a dog name →
FurryName has found 11 cats named Alfred in public pet registers, making it the #599 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Vancouver (2), Laval (2), Richmond (1). Alfred as a cat name →
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