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Alfhild

“elf” + “battle, strife”

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Swedish

Origin: Old Norse
5 language contexts: French Swedish Norwegian Bokmål +2 more
Follow the evidence: 9 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Alfhild

Alfhild is a feminine given name documented in French, Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Álfhildr, from the components “elf” + “battle, strife”.

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “elf” + “battle, strife”

Derived from Old Norse Álfhildr, from álfr (“elf”) + hildr (“battle, strife”). The spelling Alfhild was revived through Jacob Aall’s 1838 Norwegian translation of Snorri Sturluson’s kings' sagas. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Alfhild, Swedish Alfhild, Danish Alfhild, Icelandic Álfhildur and Faroese Álvhild (“female given name”).

Sources for this account (4)

Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Alfhild is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

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Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Alfhild’s connections around the world.

3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 1922: 6 girls (rank 4445).

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4 of 8 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Alfhild

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1980: 4; births; Rank #608
Peak year: 1945; 32 births

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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Alfhild in Norway, girls: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	32	153	observed
1946	28	162	observed
1947	25	177	observed
1948	27	155	observed
1949	20	192	observed
1950	20	195	observed
1951	18	200	observed
1952	23	180	observed
1953	20	191	observed
1954	15	223	observed
1955	14	238	observed
1956	13	238	observed
1957	11	268	observed
1958	5	398	observed
1959	9	316	observed
1960	7	362	observed
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	4	481	observed
1963	8	354	observed
1964	5	451	observed
1965	5	478	observed
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	7	409	observed
1968	7	413	observed
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	4	584	observed
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	4	608	observed
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Alfhild” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Alfhild— “elf battle maid”
_Alfhild_, _f._ _Eng._ Teu. elf battle maid, 380
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Alfhild Agrell
1849–1923
Swedish writer and playwright (1849–1923)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Alfhild with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q2778125CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: AlfildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: VildeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Alfhild.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates3

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Alfhild

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “elf” + “battle, strife”

Sources for this account (4)

Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Alfhild is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Alfhild’s connections around the world.

3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 1922: 6 girls (rank 4445).

Explore United States

4 of 8 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Alfhild

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1980: 4; births; Rank #608
Peak year: 1945; 32 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Alfhild in Norway, girls: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	32	153	observed
1946	28	162	observed
1947	25	177	observed
1948	27	155	observed
1949	20	192	observed
1950	20	195	observed
1951	18	200	observed
1952	23	180	observed
1953	20	191	observed
1954	15	223	observed
1955	14	238	observed
1956	13	238	observed
1957	11	268	observed
1958	5	398	observed
1959	9	316	observed
1960	7	362	observed
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	4	481	observed
1963	8	354	observed
1964	5	451	observed
1965	5	478	observed
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	7	409	observed
1968	7	413	observed
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	4	584	observed
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	4	608	observed
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Alfhild— “elf battle maid”
_Alfhild_, _f._ _Eng._ Teu. elf battle maid, 380
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Alfhild Agrell
1849–1923
Swedish writer and playwright (1849–1923)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q2778125CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AlfhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: AlfildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: VildeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Alfhild.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates3

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Alfhild

Old Norse origin

Where Alfhild is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Alfhild Agrell

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Alfhild

Old Norse origin

Where Alfhild is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Alfhild Agrell

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page