Alffi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-fee
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Alffi is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “elf counsel”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Alffi mean?
Old English: spelling of Alfie; pet form of Alfred
“elf counsel”
A pet form of Alfred, from Old English aelf, 'elf', and raed, 'counsel'.
Meaning borrowed from Alfie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Alffi a girl's or a boy's name?
Alffi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alffi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Alffi, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alffi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,202 boys in the UK were given Alffi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #19, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Alffi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
Nicknames for Alffi
- Alf 9 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alffi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alfred Musa Muhammad Arlo Arthur Albert Eli Arham Albie Teddy Bodhi Wilfred
Other spellings of Alffi
More Old English names
Edward Waylon Audrey Edith Ozzy Edie Eddie Edwin Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar Alden Edmund Kelsey Alvin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alffi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alffi, updated 20 October 2026.