Ælfgifu (also Ælfgyfu; Elfgifa, Elfgiva, Elgiva) is an
Anglo-Saxon feminine personal name, from ælf "
elf" and gifu "gift".
When
Emma of Normandy, the later mother of
Edward the Confessor, became queen of England in 1002, she was given the native Anglo-Saxon name of Ælfgifu to be used in formal and official contexts.[1]
Latinized forms of the name include forms such as Aelueua, Alueua, Alueue, Elgiva, Elueua, Aluiua, Aueue (etc.).
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