Entry № 188 · Anglo-Saxon origin

Aelfgifu Aelfgifu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AYLF-gee-voo /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Anglo-Saxon
Meaning
"Elf-gift (Anglo-Saxon queen)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Anglo-Saxon)

A name that means "elf-gift (anglo-saxon queen)".

Among the most influential Anglo-Saxon names.

Elf-gift. The Anglo-Saxon queen of Cnut the Great.

The name in its native script.

Aelfgifu
Transliteration
Aelfgifu
Pronunciation
/ ˈeɪlf.ɡiː.vuː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Aelfgifu stands.

Aelfgifu does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Aelfgifus before her.

Real people
Ælfgifu of Northampton
Wife of Cnut the Great.
c. 990 – 1040
In fiction
Aelfgifu
Common in Anglo-Saxon historical fiction.

Names connected to Aelfgifu.

The number behind Aelfgifu.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Aelfgifu reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.