I have a friend who has six young, pretty daughters, but she's still wishing for a baby boy. She told me that if it'll happen, she wants her son to called Alfred. I tried looking up for the name in websites and books that I've used before to search for good names. And luckily, I think my friend has very good taste when it comes to picking names.
Alfred is an Old English name that comes from the components "ælf" which means elf, and "ræd" which means counsel. There are many kings, leaders, and rulers who were born with the name. Alfred the Great, is the monarch of Wessex, a
Saxon kingdom in southwestern England. He prevented England from falling to the clutches of Danes and promoted learning and literacy.
Alfred Deakin is the prime minister of Australia who changed many policies of the new commonwealth especially those the deals with social welfare, restriction of nonwhite immigration, and security of domestic industry. Meanwhile, Alfred Jodl is the German general and head of the armed forces staff who helped plan most of Germany's military campaigns during
World War II. In the arts side, we have Alfred Sisley, a painter and one of the creators of French Impressionism. He is a friend of artists Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
