The story
- Old English · inherited fromÆlfþrȳþ
- English todayElfreda
From Old English Ælfþrȳþ (from ælf (“elf”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)); later partly merged with æþel (“noble”) + þrȳþ (“strength”) ( =Audrey).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A female given name from Old English borne by a medieval English queen; rare today. Full definition →