Elfriede

Elfreda, Elfrida, Alfrida, Elfrieda, Elfriede, Elftrude, Elftraut is a female given name, derived from Ælfþryð meaning "elf-strength". The name fell out of fashion in the middle ages and was revived in the 19th century in both England and Germany.

medieval

• Saint Ælfthryth of Crowland (died c. 795)
• Ælfthryth, wife of King Coenwulf of Mercia (fl. 810s)
• Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders, daughter of King Alfred the Great (d. 929)
• Elftrude, daughter of Adele of Vermandois and Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (10th century)
• Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar, king of England, mother of Ethelred the Unready (d. 1000)

modern

• Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
• Elfrida Rathbone (1871–1940)
• Elfriede Geiringer (1905–1998)
• Elfriede Trötschel (1913–1958)
• Elfriede Rinkel (b. 1922)
• Elfriede Gerstl (1932–2009)
• Elfriede Jelinek (b. 1946)

other

• Elfrida, Arizona
• 618 Elfriede
• SS Elfrida, a Norwegian cargo ship in service 1947-59
• USS Elfrida (SP-988), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission in 1898, from 1899 to 1908, and from 1909 to 1918
• Elfrida, poetry published 1752 by William Mason