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Alfred

American

[al-fred, -frid] / ˈæl frɛd, -frɪd /

noun

a first name: from the Old English words meaning “elf ” and “counsel.”

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Ahmad, his wife, and his two daughters eventually settled in uptown Oklahoma City, four miles northwest of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

“I want the court to hear me directly,” she wrote to Judge Alfred H. Bennett.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

The chartered catamaran MV Alfred is expected back from overhaul and should be able to restore the Troon services on Wednesday.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Alfred Barr, the first director of the Museum of Modern Art, thought of its collection as “metabolic” or “self-renewing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Meeting Alfred one evening, the tutor found him looking gloomy.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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