The allred Surname
allred Name Meaning and History
- from the Middle English personal name Alured, a form of Alfred, which was sometimes written Alvred, especially in Old French texts. The v was misread as a vowel, since v and u were written identically and not regarded as distinct letters.
- from the Middle English personal name Alrit, a variant of Aldred.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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