Boy · Gothic, through Spanish
Alphonse
Say it: al-FOHNS
Meaning
From Visigothic, probably adal 'noble' and funs 'ready, eager'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in 19th-century France and rare today.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1910s
In the United States
- 10,321 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1914, about 1 in 2,600 boys
- 54 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Spanish | Alfonso |
|---|---|
| Italian | Alfonso |
Famous bearers
- Alphonse Daudet, writer
- Alphonse Mucha, artist
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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