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Name Elfin
Gender Masculine
Usage Medieval English (?), History (Ecclesiastical)
Other Forms FormsAlpinus, Elphin
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Meaning & History

This was the name of an obscure local saint venerated in medieval Warrington, a town in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. It is allegedly a British derivative of Latin Alpinus (see Alpin; also Elphin, Alvin).
Added 8/23/2007 by anonymous