Alfred

American  

[al-fred, -frid] / ˈæl frɛd, -frɪd /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

In an urgent statement to the House of Keys, Alfred Cannan said there was "no shortage in fuel supply on the island" and there was "currently no threat to our supply chain."

From BBC • Mar. 24, 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

The kind of high point, the peak of his trajectory, was kind of preparing the ground for the Dreyfus affair, which began in 1894 with the arrest of the Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

Built to a Flemish-Baronial style, it was opened in 1882 by Queen Victoria's second son, Alfred.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

There’s surely an entry on the anarchist playwright Alfred Jarry, who once gave Picasso a Browning pistol—the gun favored by the anarchists.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day