Elfriede
Elfriede is a female given name ; it is the German form of the English given name Elfreda.
origin
Elfreda is made up of the old English words ælf ( elf , nature spirit ) and þryð ( power , strength ).
distribution
In the late 19th century, Elfriede was a common first name with increasing popularity in Germany. In the 1910s and early 1920s, the name was often among the ten most common girls' names of each year. Then its popularity gradually declined. Since the late fifties, hardly any children have been called Elfriede.
name day
- 5. March
- May 20th (according to the Austrian calendar and name day book)
variants
- Elfrida, Elfride
- Short forms
Well-known namesake
Elfriede, Elfrida, Elfride
- Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929), Swedish organist and composer
- Elfriede Brüning (1910–2014), German writer
- Elfriede Cohnen (1901–1979), German lawyer and doctor
- Elfriede Czurda (* 1946), Austrian art historian and writer
- Elfriede Datzig (also: Datzik; 1922–1946), Austrian actress
- Elfriede Eder (* 1970), Austrian ski racer
- Elfriede Eilers (1921–2016), German politician (SPD)
- Elfriede Florin (1912-2006), German actress
- Elfriede Gerstl (1932–2009), Austrian writer
- Elfriede Haslehner -Götz (* 1933), Austrian writer
- Elfriede Hengstenberg (1892–1992), German educator
- Elfriede Jaeger (1899–1964), German politician
- Elfride Jagersberger (1919–2017), Austrian missionary sister
- Elfriede Jelinek (* 1946), Austrian writer
- Elfriede Kuzmany (1915-2006), Austrian actress
- Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler (1899–1940), German painter
- Elfriede Meurer (* 1958), Rhineland-Palatinate politician (CDU)
- Elfriede Moser-Rath (1926–1993), Austrian folklorist and narrative researcher
- Elfriede von Nitzsch (1920–2011), German athlete
- Elfriede Ott (1925–2019), Austrian actress, singer and director
- Elfriede Paul (1900–1981), German doctor, politician and resistance fighter
- Elfriede Rinkel (1922–2018), German concentration camp guard
- Elfriede Ryneck (née Elfriede Staegemann ; 1872–1951), German politician (SPD)
- Elfriede Scholz (née Elfriede Remark ; 1903–1943), German seamstress
- Elfriede Schüsseleder (* 1951), Austrian actress
- Elfriede Soupe (1908–1996), German brush maker and Soester original
- Elfride Trötschel (1913–1958), German singer (soprano)
- Elfriede Weiler (1906–1984), German politician (SPD)
Peace, Fridel, Friedel
- Friede Springer (* 1942), German publisher
- Friedel Beckmann (1901–1983), German opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
- Fridel Dethleffs-Edelmann (1899–1982), German painter
- Fridel Köhne (1890– ??), German writer and screenwriter
Elfi, Elfie
- Elfi von Dassanowsky (1924–2007), Austrian singer, pianist and film producer
- Elfi Deufl (* 1958), Austrian ski racer
- Elfie Donnelly (* 1950), Austrian writer and screenwriter
- Elfie Dugal (1920–2018), German actress and voice actress
- Elfi Eschke (* 1951), German actress
- Elfi Fiegert (* 1946), German actress
- Elfi E. Fröhlich (* 1951), German visual artist
- Elfi Graf (* 1952), Austrian pop singer
- Elfi Hartenstein (* 1946), German writer
- Elfi von Kalckreuth (* 1937), German author, actress and TV announcer
- Elfi Kreiter (* 1936), German film editor
- Elfi Marten-Brockmann , German journalist and television presenter
- Elfie Mayerhofer (1917 / 1923–1992), Austrian actress and singer
- Elfi Mikesch (actually Elfriede Mikesch; * 1940), Austrian photographer, camerawoman and film director
- Elfie Miklautz (* 1958), Austrian cultural sociologist and university professor
- Elfie Pertramer (actually Elfriede Bernreuther ; 1924–2011), German actress
- Elfi Pracht-Jörns (* 1955), German historian and author
- Elfi Scho-Antwerpes (* 1952), German politician (SPD)
- Elfie Semotan (* 1941), Austrian photographer
- Elfie Simchen (* 1967), German freestyle skier
- Elfie Stejskal (* 1948), adventurer and book author
- Elfie Wörner (1941–2006), German journalist and benefactor
- Elfi Zinn (* 1953), German athlete
See also
- Hotel Elfie , German TV series