Boy · Gothic, through Spanish
Alfonso
Say it: al-FON-soh
Meaning
Visigothic, from adal 'noble' (or hild 'battle') and funs 'ready, eager'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A royal name of Castile, León, Aragon and Portugal.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1930s
In the United States
- 40,351 babies given this name since 1881
- At its height in 1930, about 1 in 2,900 boys
- 207 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Alphonso, Alonso
| German | Alfons |
|---|---|
| French | Alphonse |
| Portuguese | Afonso |
| Italian | Alfonso |
| Catalan | Alfons |
Famous bearers
- Alfonso X the Wise, king of Castile
- Afonso I, first king of Portugal
- Alfonso I the Battler, king of Aragon
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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