Alf
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English [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Alf
- A diminutive of the male given names Alfred and Alfonso.
Anagrams [edit]
Danish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old Norse Alfr, alfr (“elf”), with an identical meaning in modern Danish. Also a medieval contraction of Adolf, and later used as a pet form of Alfred.
Proper noun [edit]
Alf
- A male given name.
Norwegian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse Alfr. Also a contraction of Adolf.
Proper noun [edit]
Alf
- A male given name.
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
- [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 8 803 males with the given name Alf living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
Swedish [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Alf
- A male given name derived from Old Norse Alfr and from Adolf.
Related terms [edit]
Categories:
- English proper nouns
- English diminutives of male given names
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish male given names
- Norwegian terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian male given names
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish male given names
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
