Alfi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-fee
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Alfi is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “elf counsel”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Alfi 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 Alfi a girl's or a boy's name?
Alfi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alfi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Alfi, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alfi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,202 boys in the UK were given Alfi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #19, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Alfi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 2 | #6,340 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
Nicknames for Alfi
- Alf 9 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alfi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leon Ethan Harvey Ali Dylan Kai Abdul Ahmed William Charlie Aiden Alex
Other spellings of Alfi
Names related to Alfi
More Old English names
Edward Teddy Waylon Alfred Audrey Edith Wilfred Ozzy Edie Eddie Edwin Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar Alden
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, “Alfi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alfi, updated 20 October 2026.