Entry № 189 · Anglo-Saxon origin

Ælfthryth Ælfthryth — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ELF-thrith /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Anglo-Saxon
Meaning
"Elf-strength (Edgar's controversial queen)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Medieval (Anglo-Saxon)

A name that means "elf-strength (edgar's controversial queen)".

Queen of England (c.

Featured in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and later hagiographies.

Elf-strength (Edgar's controversial queen) — a Anglo-Saxon name.

The name in its native script.

Ælfthryth
Transliteration
Ælfthryth
Pronunciation
/ ˈɛlf.θrɪθ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ælfthryth stands.

Ælfthryth 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.

Ælfthryths before her.

Real people
Queen Ælfthryth
Queen of England.
c. 945 – 1000
In fiction
Ælfthryth
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

Names connected to Ælfthryth.

The number behind Ælfthryth.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ælfthryth reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.