Æthelflæd (name)

Æthelflæd /ˈæθəlflæd/ is an Anglo-Saxon female name.

Etymology

Like most Germanic names, the name is composed of two Old English stems: Æthel-, meaning "noble", from Proto-Germanic *aþal (compare Dutch edel "noble" and adel "nobility") and flæd, from Proto-Germanic *flataz, meaning "flat, smooth, even textured"; and can be figuratively be translated as "noble beauty" or "nobly featured". The name Audofleda, borne by the sister of Clovis I and wife of Theodoric the Great, is a Latinisation of a similar, otherwise unattested, Old Frankish variant.

People

Notable people with the name include:

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