Alfredo

Alfred is a male first name Old High German origin.

Origin and Meaning

The name came originally from the Old German name Alfrad. This consists of the two Old High German words alb, for nature spirit, and rad for counselors. The English version of the name Alfred learned in Britain, partly because of Alfred the Great, from the 9th century increasingly widespread. The English version was later re- entrance into German.

Variants

• Alfredas
• Alfredo ( under this name also joined the Swiss comedian Alfredo Smaldini on )

The female form is Alfreda.

Dissemination

The name Alfred was the late 19th and early 20th century, a popular first name in Germany. In the 1910s he even belonged in a year to the ten most popular boys' names. In the fifties, his popularity declined sharply since the early seventies, he is hardly in use.

Name-day

• Name-day is October 28, see also list of name days.

Bearers of the name

Real people

• Alfred the Great ( 848-899 ), King of the West Saxons
• Alfred Althus (1888-1943), German anti-fascist politicians and media
• Alfred Andersch (1914-1980), German writer
• Alfred Aufdenblatten (1897-1975), Swiss cross-country skier
• Alfred Biolek (* 1934), German entertainer
• Alfred Birnschein (1908-1990), German painter and graphic artist
• Alfred von Boeckmann (1859-1921), German General
• Alfred Bohl (1909-1989), German actor and voice actor
• Alfred de Bougy (1814-1874), French writer
• Alfred Brown (1888-1978), German radio reporter and radio drama
• Alfred Büchi (1879-1959), Swiss engineer
• Alfred Buetow (1902-1986), German Designer
• Alfred A. Cohn (1880-1951), American screenwriter
• Alfred E. Cohn (1879-1957), American cardiologist
• Alfred Courmes (1898-1993), French painter
• Alfréd Deésy (1877-1961), Hungarian film director and actor
• Alfred Döblin (1878-1957), German physician and writer
• Alfred Fikent (1888-1979), German medical officer
• Alfred Fröhlich ( pharmacologist ) ( 1871-1953 ), Austrian pharmacologist
• Alfred Gilks ​​(1891-1970), American Cinematographer
• Alfred Grenander (1863-1931), Swedish architect
• Gusenbauer (* 1960 ), Austrian Chancellor
• Alfred Hajos (1878-1955), Hungarian swimmer and architect
• Alfred E. Hierold (* 1942), German canonist
• Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), British film director
• Alfred Jodl (1890-1946), German Colonel General
• Alfred Kerr (1867-1948), German writer, theater critic and journalist
• Alfred Kolodniak (* 1931), German politician ( SED)
• Alfred Krupp (1812-1887), German inventor and industrialist
• Alfred Lion (1908-1987), German jazz producer and label founder
• Alfred Moisiu (* 1929), Albanian politicians
• Alfred Mürset (1860-1910), Swiss Oberfeldarzt
• Alfred Neubauer (1891-1980), German racing driver and conductor
• Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), Swedish chemist
• Alfred Nussbaumer (* 1956 ), Austrian scientist and textbook author
• Alfred POIER ( * 1967 ), Austrian cabaret artist
• Alfred Polgar (1873-1955), Austrian writer and critic
• Alfred Rainer ( politician ) ( 1921-1966 ), Austrian politician ( ÖVP)
• Alfred Rainer ( Nordic Combined ) ( 1987-2008 ), Austrian Nordic combined
• Alfred Randt (1899-1945), German resistance fighter
• Alfred Reed (1880-1956), American country musician, see Blind Alfred Reed
• Alfred ( Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ) ( 1844-1900 ), Prince of Great Britain
• Alfred Schieske (1908-1970), German actor
• Stoeger Alfred (1900-1962), Austrian actor, director and producer
• Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930), German Grand Admiral
• Alfred Waldis (1919-2013), Swiss museum director
• Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German polar explorer
• Alfred Woltz (1861-1935), German architect and building officer
• Alfred tooth (1903-1972), German journalist

Fictional characters

• Alfred Pennyworth, butler of Bruce Wayne, see List of characters in the DC Universe # Alfred Pennyworth
• Alfred J. Kwak, a cartoon character
• Alfred E. Neumann, cover boy of MAD magazine
• Alfred Tetzlaff, the " disgust Alfred" from the television series One heart and one soul
• Alfred Ill, from The Visit of the Old Lady by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
• Alfred F. Jones, the personification of America from the Webmanga and anime Hetalia

Form of the name Alfredo

• Alfredo Alcaín ( b. 1936 ), Spanish painter
• Alfredo Alves Reinado (1968-2008), East Timorese freedom fighters
• Alfredo Angeli (* 1927), an Italian documentary filmmaker and film director
• Alfredo De Angelis (1910-1992), Argentine musician
• Alfredo Antoniozzi ( born 1956 ), Italian politician
• Alfredo Arciero (born 1966 ), Italian filmmaker
• Alfredo Bai (1913-1980), Italian artist
• Alfredo Baldomir (1884-1948), Uruguayan soldier, architect and politician
• Alfredo Baroni (* 1989), an Italian road racing cyclist
• Alfredo Bannenberg (1901-1978), German puppeteer, cabaret artist and author
• Alfredo Battistini (1953-2008), Italian -Swiss sculptor, draftsman and athletes
• Alfredo Bauer ( * 1924), Austrian- Argentine physician and writer
• Alfredo Bensade (1856-1941), Portuguese mineralogist and high school teachers
• Alfredo Bevilacqua (1874-1942), Argentine tango composer and pianist
• Alfredo Binda (1902-1986), Italian racing cyclist
• Alfredo Maria Bonanno ( born 1937 ), Italian Insurrektionalist
• Brilhante Alfredo da Costa (1904-1980), Brazilian footballer
• Alfredo Bryce Echenique ( born 1939 ), Peruvian writer, literary scholar and jurist
• Alfredo Bufano (1895-1950), Argentine writer
• Alfredo Cappellini (1828-1866), Piedmontese and Italian naval officer
• Alfredo Casado (1935-2011), Spanish film director
• Alfredo Casella (1883-1947), Italian composer
• Alfredo Castelli ( b. 1947 ), Italian comic book author
• Alfredo Castiglioni ( b. 1937 ), Italian documentary filmmaker and author
• Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893), Italian opera composer
• Alfredo Castillo Cervantes, Mexican lawyer
• Alfredo Chiappori ( b. 1943 ), Italian comic artist and illustrator
• Alfredo Corda (1922-1978), Swiss tenor
• Alfredo Cristiani Burkard (* 1947), politician and president in El Salvador
• Alfredo Daza ( born 1974 ), Mexican baritone
• Alfredo Dornheim (1909-1969), Argentine German scholar and university teacher
• Alfredo Duhalde (1898-1985), Chilean interim president
• Alfredo Duvergel (* 1968), Cuban boxer
• Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro (1927-2010), Argentine bishop
• Alfredo Esteves (born 1976 ), East Timorese football players.
• Alfredo Ferrari (1932-1956), Italian engineer
• Alfredo Fígaro ( born 1984 ), Dominican baseball player
• Alfredo Foglino (1893-1968), Uruguayan football player and coach
• Alfredo Foni (1911-1985), Italian footballer
• Alfredo Giannetti (1924-1995), Italian film director and screenwriter
• Alfredo Gómez Jaime (1874-1946), Colombian poet
• Alfredo González Flores (1877-1962), President of Costa Rica
• Häberli (born 1964 ), designer and architect
• Alfredo Jaar ( b. 1956 ), Chilean artist
• Alfredo Jones Brown (1876-1950), Uruguayan architect
• Alfredo Keil (1854-1907), Portuguese composer, painter and collector
• Alfredo Kraus (1927-1999), Spanish singer and voice teacher
• Alfredo de Lacerda Maia ( † 1887), Portuguese military and colonial administrator
• Alfredo Lardelli (* 1956? ), Swiss entrepreneur
• Alfredo Lim ( born 1929 ), Filipino politician
• Alfredo Lucero ( born 1979 ), Argentine road racing cyclist
• Alfredo Marceneiro (1891-1982) Portuguese Fado singer
• Alfredo Marcucci (1929-2010), Argentine bandoneon player and conductor
• Alfredo Massazza ( b. 1943 ), Italian archer
• Alfredo Mayo (1911-1985), Spanish actor
• Alfredo Méndez -Gonzalez (1907-1995), American Catholic bishop
• Alfredo Milani (* 1924), an Italian motorcycle racer
• Alfredo del Mónaco ( born 1938 ), Venezuelan composer
• Alfredo Morales ( * 1990), German -American soccer player.
• Alfredo Morales Cartaya (1947 or 1948-2010 ), Cuban politician
• Alfredo Moreno ( born 1956 ), Chilean managers and politicians
• Alfredo Niceforo (1876-1960), an Italian sociologist and criminologist
• Alfredo Nobre da Costa (1923-1996), Portuguese politician and prime minister
• Alfredo Nock (born 1964 ), Swiss tightrope walker
• Alfredo Ormando (1958-1998), Italian theologian, writer and gay rights activist
• Alfredo Ottaviani (1890-1979), Italian cardinal
• Alfredo Pacheco ( b. 1982 ), Salvadoran football player
• Alfredo Pacini (1888-1967), Vatican diplomat
• Alfredo James Pacino ( born 1940 ), better known as Al Pacino, American actor
• Alfredo Enrique Peralta Azurdia (1908-1997), President of Guatemala
• Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba ( born 1951 ), Spanish politician
• Alfredo Peri - Morosini (1862-1931), Swiss Bishops
• Alfredo Perl ( b. 1965 ), Chilean Pianist
• Alfredo Pian (1912-1990), Argentine racing driver
• Alfredo Piatti (1822-1901), Italian cello virtuoso and composer
• Alfredo Poveda (1926-1990), Ecuadorian military,
• Alfredo Povina (1904-1986), Argentine sociologist
• Alfredo Ramos Martínez (1871-1946), Mexican painter,
• Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar (1865-1938), Portuguese sea captain and politician
• Alfredo Rojas ( born 1937 ), Argentine footballer.
• Alfredo Rose Maier ( born 1950 ), Austrian politician
• Alfredo Rossi Rossi y (* 1920), Argentine composer.
• Alfredo Rugeles ( b. 1949 ), Venezuelan composer and conductor
• Alfredo de Sá Cardoso (1864-1950), Portuguese general and politician
• Alfredo Saint Jean (1926-1987), Argentine general
• Alfredo Salafia (1869-1933), an Italian specialist for embalming
• Alfredo Sánchez Viejo, Mexican football player
• Alfredo " Al " Santos (born 1976 ), American actor and model
• Alfredo Vicente Scherer (1903-1996), Archbishop of Porto Alegre.
• Alfredo Schlesinger (1900-1993), American historian
• Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster (1880-1954), Archbishop of Milan.
• Alfredo Shahanga (* 1965), Tanzanian long-distance runner
• Alfredo Smaldini (1919-2010), Swiss clown and comedian
• Alfredo Di Stéfano ( born 1926 ), Argentine- Spanish footballer and coach
• Alfredo Stroessner (1912-2006), the Paraguayan military and politicians
• Alfredo Studer ( born 1963 ), Swiss paraglider pilot
• Alfredo Tena ( born 1956 ), Mexican football player
• Alfredo Torero (1930-2004), Peruvian anthropologist and linguist
• Alfredo Torres ( born 1931 ), Mexican football player
• Alfredo Zalce (1908-2003), Mexican artist
• Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso (1861-1934), a Cuban lawyer, politician and poet
• Alfredo Zitarrosa (1936-1989), Uruguayan singer, poet and journalist