Ælfgifu 1.33K VIEWS Ælfgifu Ælfgifu Ælfgifu(alsoÆlfgyfu;Elfgifa, Elfgiva, Elgiva) is an Anglo-Saxon feminine personal name, fromælf“elf” andgifu“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 ofÆlfgifuto