Alfonso

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Alfonso

Gender: Masculine
Language: Spanish
Etymology:
Alfonso is a Spanish name based on a Visigothic (Germanic) name, Adalfuns, meaning “Noble, Ready,” from “adal” (noble) and “funs” (ready).

History:
Alfonso is a Spanish name of Visigothic origin. The Visigoths were a Germanic tribe (originally from Romania) which conquered parts of Gaul (France) and more successfully in Spain in the 4th century. It became a traditional name of the Iberian Royalty, prominent in both Castile and Aragon.

Pronunciation: al-fawn-so.

Diminutives:
English: Alf, Alfie, Alfy, Alfey, Lon, Lonnie, Lonny.

Alternates: Alphonso, Alanzo, Alonso, Alonzo, Alfonzo.
Danish: Alfons.
French: Alphonse.
German: Alfons.
Irish: Alphonsus.
Italian: Alonso, Alfonso.
Latin: Alphonsus.
Portuguese: Affonso, Afonso.

Feminine: Alphonsine.

See also: Alf, Alfie, Alonso, Alonzo, Alphonso, Lonnie.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Alfonso de Valdés (1490-1532)
Spanish satirist.
Alfonso Ferrabosco I (1543-1588)
Italian composer.
Alfonso Ferrabosco II (1575-1628)
English composer.
Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869)
French poet.
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)
French-British painter.
Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897)
French writer.
Alphonse Mucha (Alfons Maria Mucha) (1860-1939)
French illustrator.
Alfonso Reyes (1889-1959)
Mexican poet.
Affonso Reidy (1909-1964)
Brazilian architect.

Educators, Scholar, and Social Workers:
Alphonse de Beauchamp (1767-1832)
French historian.
Alphonse Bertllon (1853-1914)
French policeman.
Alfonso Caso y Andrade (1896-1970)
Mexican archaeologist.

Military:
Alphonse Juin (1888-1967)
French army commander.

Places:
Alphonsus
A crater on the moon.

Political Figures:
Alphonse-Marie Bérenger (1785-1866)
French magistrate.
Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora (1804-1878)
Italian statesman.
Alfonso García Robles (1911-1991)
Mexican diplomat.
Alfonso López Michelsen (1913-)
President of Colombia.

Religious Figures:
Saint Alfonso Maria de Liguori (Alphonsus) (1696-1787)
Italian theologian.

Royalty:
Alfonso I the Catholic (el Católico) (693-757)
King of Asturias.
Alfonso II the Chaste (el Casto) (759-842)
King of Asturias.
Alfonso III the Great (el Magno) (838-1910)
King of Asturias.
Alfonso IV the Monk (el Monje) (?-933)
King of Leon and Asturias
Alfonso V the Noble (el Noble) (994-1028)
King of Leon.
Alfonso VI the Brave (el Bravo) (1040-1109)
King of Castile and Leon.
Alfonso I the Battler (el Batallador) (1073-1134)
King of Aragon and Navarre, later Leon and Castile.
Alfonso VII the Emperor (el Emperador) (1104-1157)
King of Leon and Castile.
Alfonso II (1152-1196)
King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona.
Alfonso III the Liberal, or the Candid (el Liberal, el Franco) (1265-1291)
King of Aragon.
Alfonso IV the Kind (el Benigno) (1299-1336)
King of Aragon.
Alfonso V the Magnanimous (el Magnánimo) (1396-1458)
King of Aragon.
Alfonso VIII el de las Navas (1155-1214)
King of Castile.
Alfonso IX (1171-1230)
King of Leon.
Alfonso X the Wise (el Sabio) (1221-1284)
King of Castile and Leon.
Alfonso XI the Just (el Justiciero) (1311-1350)
King of Castile and Leon.
Alfonso XII (1857-1885)
King of Spain.
Alfonso XIII (1886-1941)
King of Spain.

Scientists:
Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle (1806-1893)
Swiss botanist.
Alphonse -Eugene Bau de Rochas (1815-1893)
French engineer.
Alphonse Laveran (1845-1922)
French pathologist. Winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.064 % named Lonnie
0.038 % named Alfonso
0.022 % named Alonzo
0.011 % named Alphonso
0.007 % named Alphonse
0.007 % named Lon
0.006 % named Alfonzo
0.004 % named Lonny
0.004 % named Alonso

Popularity of Alfonso:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 341st most popular.
1910-1920: 348th most popular.
1920-1930: 310th most popular.
1930-1940: 301st most popular.
1940-1950: 357th most popular.
1950-1960: 357th most popular.
1960-1970: 389th most popular.
1970-1980: 416th most popular.
1980-1990: 392nd most popular.
1990: 389th most popular.
1991: 377th most popular.
1992: 398th most popular.
1993: 392nd most popular.
1994: 413th most popular.
1995: 444th most popular.
1996: 433rd most popular.
1997: 440th most popular.
1998: 485th most popular.
1999: 466th most popular.
2000: 486th most popular.
2001: 522nd most popular.
2002: 488th most popular.
2003: 520th most popular.

Popularity of Alphonse:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 318th most popular.
1910-1920: 316th most popular.
1920-1930: 409th most popular.
1930-1940: 632nd most popular.
1940-1950: 657th most popular.
1950-1960: 818th most popular.
1960-2000: N/A

In France...
1900: 35th most popular.
1910: 39th most popular.
1920: 46th most popular.
1930: 59th most popular.
1940: 80th most popular.
1950: 141st most popular.
1959: 191st most popular.
1960-2000: N/A

Popularity of Alfonzo:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1950: N/A
1950-1960: 878th most popular.
1960-1970: 994th most popular.
1970-1980: 846th most popular.
1980-2000: N/A