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There was some controversy as to whether Ælfra is a valid Anglo-Saxon name. Certainly Ælf- is a documented prototheme; Searle ( Onomasticon Anglosaxonicum) cites -ra as a deuterotheme, giving Burra and Ceolra as examples of its use. Searle's scholarship has been questioned by modern authorities, but it seems that Bur- is a valid prototheme as well, a variant spelling of Burg-, Burh-: there is at least one example of its use, Burric. This lends credence to Burra being a thematic name --- and -ra a valid deuterotheme. At any rate, I am willing to give it the benefit of the doubt in this case. (Ælfra Long, January, 1993, pg. 9)
[Layla Khadijah al-Khayzuran] The middle element, being an epithet, was given an article to accord with Arabic naming practice. (Layla al-Khadijah al-Khayzuran, July, 1992, pg. 5)
The submitter's documentation shows Abih as an Arabic name: Ziyad ibn Abih was the ruler of al-Basrah in the 7th Century. (Ibrahim ibn Abih al-Thaalibi, August, 1992, pg. 21)
The byname was submitted as al-Aziz, "the Powerful", which is one of the 99 names of Allah. So far as we can tell, this would not have been used, unmodified, in a period Arabic name. The submitter's own documentation showed the name 'Abd al-Aziz, "servant of the Powerful", which we have substituted. (Ali ibn Ibrahim 'Abd al-Aziz, October, 1992, pg. 18)
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