Ælfgifu, also Elgiva, Elfgifu,means "gift of the Elves.", was a popular female name among the Anglo-Saxons, held by: Aelgifu of Northampton, first 'handfast' wife of Canute the Great the wife of King Edmund I of England Elgiva, wife of King Eadwig the first wife of Ethelred the Unready Emma of Normandy, second wife of Ethelred the Unready, called Ælfgifu in Old English sources… (More on Aelgifu)