Alf is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning “elf.” In England & Wales it was given to 9 boys in 2025.
Alf belongs to the Spanish and Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “elf” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Alf first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #460 in 1883, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 1,130 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Alf means “elf” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Alf is a boy name. In England & Wales, 9 babies received the name in 2025.
Alf comes from the Spanish and Scandinavian tradition.
Alf first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #460 in 1883, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Alf is pronounced /ælf/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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